Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:07:32 +0000 From: Paul Richards <paul.richards@gmail.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Items exist in ports, but not as packages. Message-ID: <a1138db305022203074018ed41@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050221193206.GA48995@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <a1138db30502210250122287f7@mail.gmail.com> <20050221193206.GA48995@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Well I hit a few compile errors which I had to tweak the source code to fix. My ports tree is the stock one which comes on the 5.3-RELEASE cds and so perhaps it's a little old. There's no harm in having to tweak source every now and again. :) It builds character. On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:32:06 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 10:50:12AM +0000, Paul Richards wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been trying to install a few packages using 'pkg_add -r' but I > > have found that there are a few which only exist as ports, and not > > packages. The main one which I am missing is 'vtk-tcl'. > > > > Is it generally the case that the precompiled packages are not always > > available when the ports are? According to freshports.org I should be > > able to use 'pkg_add -r' for vtk-tcl. > > http://pointyhat.freebsd.org shows that this port is currently broken. > > Kris > > > -- Paul Richards http://www.pauldoo.net
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