Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:58:32 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Chris Chekay <sycholic71@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP site problems Message-ID: <20020921105832.GA18097@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <20020920175857.Y1017-100000@bsd.lambdarpg.homeip.net> References: <20020920175857.Y1017-100000@bsd.lambdarpg.homeip.net>
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 06:01:05PM -0400, Chris Chekay wrote: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.4-release > it seems that the whole packages distribution is offline. I have tried > all of the mirrors shown in /stand/sysinstall and none work... is it just > temporarily down or permanately? Im just wondering cuz nothing on the freebsd > home web page mentions there being anything wrong.... Packages from older releases have been removed from the ftp sites to make room for the new packages for 4.7-RELEASE. The default package compression has also been changed from gzip to bzip2, which means that if you have an older version of pkg_add it's going to be mystified by recently built packages. Your choices now are .../ports/i386/packages-4.6-release .../ports/i386/packages-4.6.1-release .../ports/i386/packages-4.6.2-release which should all work on any system from the 4.x series so long as you fulfil all the dependencies. Use the PACKAGESITE environment variable to cause pkg_add(1) to search one of the alternate directories. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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