Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 15:32:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dave Walton <walton@nordicdms.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall not showing all packages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980508153201.28351B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980506010521799.AAA333@mail.nordicdms.com>
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On Tue, 5 May 1998, Dave Walton wrote: > The oddest thing just happened. I had just finished a new install, > and I wanted to install Lynx. I ran /stand/sysinstall and told it to > install from ftp.freebsd.org. When it displayed the package listing, > Lynx was missing! I went and looked in > ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2.6/www, and there it was, > right where it was supposed to be. Two different versions, in fact. Sysinstall checks /usr/ports/INDEX for it's list. If that is out of date then it won't show. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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