Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 19:37:15 -0700 From: Christopher Allen <gmfangs@asmrb.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Problem based on Handbook answer Message-ID: <v03110716b07072d9aada@lr8e1-port1.zocalo.net>
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I just installed FreeBSD, and discovered that my ports directory wasn't current. In <http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook28.html#30>; it says: >Let's try something more ambitious now. Instead of getting a single port >skeleton, let's get a whole sub-directory, for example all the database >skeletons in the ports collection. It looks almost the same:- > > # cd /usr/ports > # ftp ftp.freebsd.org > [log in as `ftp' and give your email address when asked for a > password. Remember to use binary (aka image) mode!] > > cd /pub/FreeBSD/ports > > get databases.tar.gz [tarballs up the databases directory for us] > > quit > # tar xzf databases.tar.gz [extract all the database skeletons] > # cd databases > # make install [build and install all the database ports] I did all of the above, and grabbed a bunch of skeletons (www, net, security, etc.) to my newly installed FreeBSD machine, and I used binary mode to transfer. However, when I got to the part to untar the files, I got the following message: >#tar xvf www.tar.gz >tar: Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive. >tar: Skipping to next file header... >tar: only read 4672 bytes from archive www.tar.gz >cerebus gmfangs 176 7:23pm /usr/ports # This happened on the other files as well. 1) What is my problem? 2) Is there any way to easily refresh all the skeletons without accidentally copying the distfiles/ directory? My ideal would be just a script that would delete all the ports/ directory except for the distfiles/ and redownload the latest version. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- .. Christopher Allen 1563 Solano Ave., #353 .. .. <gmfangs@asmrb.org> ;-> Berkeley, CA 94707-2116 .. .. h510/528-9899 .. .. <http://www.asmrb.org/~gmfangs/>; f510/649-3301 o510/649-3300 ..
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