Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:36:13 +0100 From: "G. Felter" <freebsd@zrizx.com> To: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fetch Message-ID: <20050526113141.M36080@pathofselfdestruction.com> In-Reply-To: <20050526131848.2aff4950@localhost> References: <000501c55fc7$e4f10ae0$6601a8c0@GRANT> <20050526131848.2aff4950@localhost>
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On Thu, 26 May 2005 13:18:48 +0200, Fabian Keil wrote > "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> wrote: > > > I recently installed 5.2.1 Release on a nice new box. everything works > > except I cant Fetch any port. > > > > "Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this > > >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again." > > > > Getting this message on almost every port. > > > > Any ideas? I could be wrong but I'm almost sure the packages arent available for a release like 5.2.1 sometime after the next version is released like 5.3 I think you have to use ports. I think I ran into that with a 5.2.1 box I had. G. > > Does it work if you first ping the server holding the port files > and then try again? > > I once had a similar problem which turned out to be DNS related. > > The DNS server of my D-Link 664T seems to be buggy. > > My work around is to use named as DNS cache and avoid > buying D-Link in the future. > > Fabian > -- > http://www.fabiankeil.de/
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