Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:41:51 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Lena@lena.kiev.ua Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Obsolete packages Message-ID: <444D1BEF.5010704@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <20060424165021.GA1367@lena.kiev> References: <20060424165021.GA1367@lena.kiev>
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Lena@lena.kiev.ua wrote: > Hi, > > A new version of a port (www/firefox) was released on April 14. > > # portversion -v firefox > firefox-1.5.0.1,1 < needs updating (port has 1.5.0.2,1) > > But packages still (on April 24) are of previous version: > > $ ftp ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/ > ftp> dir packages-5-stable/All/firefox-1* > -rw-r--r-- 1 110 0 11188636 Apr 01 16:29 firefox-1.5.0.1_2,1.tbz > ftp> dir packages-6-stable/All/firefox-1* > -rw-r--r-- 1 110 0 11511879 Apr 02 10:21 firefox-1.5.0.1_2,1.tbz > ftp> dir packages-7-current/All/firefox-1* > -rw-r--r-- 1 110 0 11511428 Apr 03 04:40 firefox-1.5.0.1_2,1.tbz > > Is something broken or is there insufficient computing power for > building new packages more often? It's my understanding that packages are built "when possible". They often lag that which is in ports. There are only so many cycles in a day (per cpu and per person). I would assume that there is some logical order in which the packages are built (most used first? Though not sure how that would be determined) If you require the most current binary, building it yourself is the way to go. I compile everything myself with the exception of openoffice.org (because it can be downright painful). > > Thanks, > > Lena > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric
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