From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 11 03:02:00 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48EC46FC for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:02:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A325A43 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:01:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.16]) by ltcfislmsgpa07.fnfis.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r0B31u5W019438 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:01:58 -0600 Received: from [10.0.0.102] (10.14.152.61) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.16) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.309.2; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:01:56 -0600 Subject: Re: 9.0 vs 9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" From: Devin Teske In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:01:56 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <0306D531-AD8E-4A63-A8F0-15E0397F9726@fisglobal.com> References: To: Scott Eberl X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.61] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.9.8327, 1.0.431, 0.0.0000 definitions=2013-01-10_10:2013-01-10,2013-01-10,1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: User Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Devin Teske List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:02:00 -0000 If you add $PACKAGESITE to your environment you can fetch just fine with pk= g_add -r Example=85 env PACKAGESITE=3Dftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9-s= table/Latest/ pkg_add -r irssi --=20 Devin On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:02 PM, Scott Eberl wrote: > OK can someone please explain this to me in detail? I've been reading all > the release notes I can find and I'm not understanding why after upgrading > to 9.1 I have to compile from source to install stuff now. It takes forev= er > and asks me questions I have no idea what the answer is to. Early today I > installed irssi which I had to do with make clean install because just > doing pkg_add -r irssi complains about not being able to find the url of = it. >=20 > Should I just reinstall 9.0 and not upgrade, will ports work correctly th= en? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.