Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:13:59 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Roy Stuivenberg <roys1012@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't find the `7.0-RELEASE-p7' distibution Message-ID: <4954CA87.5050006@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <b9079c480812251703o5b63cc9aw2c09fad83623edc7@mail.gmail.com> References: <b9079c480812251703o5b63cc9aw2c09fad83623edc7@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Roy Stuivenberg wrote: > Hello, > > I have FreeBSD 7-RELEASE, and upgraded to point 7. > When I try to install packages/ports with sysinstall (FTP) it won't work and > give me this message. > > Warning: Can't find the `7.0-RELEASE-p7' 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"). > Would you like to select another FTP server? > > I have already tried multiple ftp locations, but always get the same > result. > Search the web for answers, and did not find any. Try setting the release name to exactly '7.0-RELEASE' as described in the error message. There's a package set generated for each OS release, but not one for each different patch level. 7.0-RELEASE packages should be available on all ftp servers at the moment. You can see the list of release names supported via sysinstall at: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ (replace i386 with amd64 if you're on that architecture) Note that this will get you package versions which were current at the time of 7.0-RELEASE, and there have been a good number of updates (including security updates) that have gone in since. Updated packages certainly do exist on the FTP servers but I can't see how to access them from sysinstall. Learning how to use pkg_add(1) (which can reach the parts of ftp.freebsd.org that sysinstall apparently cannot) is probably your best bet. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAklUyo0ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIx9EQCfbZDymUNwEe6COvjn9aUlCikB P6oAn2s5IMa77KVGknbAH9gS/i8lbvNG =6EyL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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