Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:49:48 +0100 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add -r does not find packages FreeBSD 9.0 rc1 Message-ID: <20111114204948.GM63757@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <4EBE9B47.8030301@gmail.com> References: <20111112153605.e1ccb1fb54c00d8e233c411e@kleppnett.no> <4EBE9B47.8030301@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 06:13:59PM +0200, Luchesar V. ILIEV wrote: > On 12/11/2011 16:36, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: > > I have installed RC1 and after getting confused with the new install > > routines, I have my system up. But when I try to install packages > > like nano and cvsup-without-gui to build my machine up from base the > > system reports no packages found. This have only rarely happened on > > my other systems and never on a fresh install.....any clues ??? > > Could it be related to this PR? > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=162490 > This is an unfortunate sideeffect of our current release process for major version releases where it's hard to synchronize the change needed to pkg_add and the package sets on the mirrors. There are some workarounds that may make this a bit less painfull, but in general this is one of the reasons why we really should aim for maing the src and ports releases independent from eachother. For now, the best option for BETA and RSs is to override PACKAGESITE as Bane Ivosev suggested. Erwin -- Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Prediction is very difficult especially about the future erwin@FreeBSD.org
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