Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:43:57 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Branson Matheson <branson@windborne.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Package compression format changed Message-ID: <20020906164357.GB71908@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <1031324585.29850.861.camel@jane.inside> References: <20020901201502.GA23563@xor.obsecurity.org> <018c01c25263$3a3818b0$b50d030a@PATRICK> <20020902101543.GA46051@xor.obsecurity.org> <1031324585.29850.861.camel@jane.inside>
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--ADZbWkCsHQ7r3kzd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 11:03:05AM -0400, Branson Matheson wrote: > At the request of the release engineers the default package > compression scheme has been changed from gzipped tarball to bzip2ed > tarball. The package tools have been updated to deal with the new > format (older package tools only had partial support for .tbz > packages). > =20 > Additionally, the ports collection packages distributed via the FTP > site have been switched to .tbz, so if you are a regular user of > these > packages you will need to update and rebuild your package tools > (e.g. by doing a complete upgrade). > =20 > I don't suppose anyone considered .. say.. upgrading the pkg_* binaries > to understand this and look for it .. say.. BEFORE YOU FORCED US ALL TO > UPGRADE?!!? >=20 > This was a very ill chosen decision. I can now no longer install ANY > packages until I upgrade my -STABLE boxen?!?! What idiocy is this? I > agree the change should have been made.. but change the binaries FIRST > at say RELEASE .. give it time for everyone to absorb the changes.. and > then change the packages. Oh you say.. you can just d/l the packages > and then install them from local disk. Great.. lets talk about > dependancies.. That isn't going to be frustrating.. uh uh.. no way. The change is being made for 4.7-RELEASE, which is now in the prerelease cycle. The release engineers wanted to use .tbz packages for 4.7, so we had to do it now. Sorry that it inconvenienced you. Kris --ADZbWkCsHQ7r3kzd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9eNtNWry0BWjoQKURApV6AKCS95ad8WdjUqEojlOy4kTkmpnxhgCg3w6w Cz2V/OePG3LpS3li+k4Nk/A= =D8VL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ADZbWkCsHQ7r3kzd-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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