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From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Josef Karthauser wrote:

> Does anyone know why sysinstall complains,
>
>     Warning:  Can't find the `5.1-CURRENT' distribution on this FTP
>     server.  You may need to visit a different server for the release
>     you are trying to fetch or go to the Options   menu and to set the
>     release name to explicitly match what's available on ftp.freebsd.org
>     (or set to "any").

I think there is a README in the ports/packages/i386 directory stating
that -current packages are not currently being built.

250-(* - packages-5-current is currently unavailable .. sorry for the
250-     inconvenience)

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