Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 23:12:56 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: no 9.1-release packages? Message-ID: <28B0C7E5-4BD0-451E-9C4A-DD0A5EBA43E7@bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <5138B92F.4060800@gmail.com> References: <20130307155253.GA24876@eris.bzerk.org> <5138B92F.4060800@gmail.com>
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On 7 mrt 2013, at 16:58, Johan Hendriks wrote: > Ruben de Groot schreef: >> Hi, >> >> I just rented a 9.1-release VPS and was trying to install some packages. >> This however does not work as there is no directory "packages-9.1-release" on the ftp server (ftp.freebsd.org). Why is this? > There was a security issue and therefor there are no packages for 9.1 > > > Due to the security incident reported here: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/news/2012-compromise.html > > only the small third-party package set on the DVD image is available at this time for users who require pre-built packages (just GNOME and KDE windowing systems). The FreeBSD Project's package building infrastructure is undergoing a complete review and redesign. At this time we can not commit to a date the full release package set will become available. A separate announcement will be made when that becomes available. If you wish to install 9.1-RELEASE now you can build your own packages using portsnap(8) to obtain an up to date ports tree and then build the packages. If you require pre-built packages you should wait for the announcement of the full release package set becoming available. > > FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE can also be purchased on CD-ROM or DVD from several vendors. One of the vendors that will be offering FreeBSD 9.1-based products is: Thanks for the info Johan. I was aware of the compromise, just not of it still affecting the package building for 9.1 release. No problem, there's no absolute requirement for pre-build packages here, so I installed some tools from packages-9-stable by setting PACKAGESITE and building the rest now from ports. cheers, Ruben
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