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Date:      Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:05:05 -0500
From:      Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
To:        fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com,  FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: changing the package path variable
Message-ID:  <ef10de9a05062720057f58803@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEMMHHAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <ef10de9a050627163564f7b343@mail.gmail.com> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEMMHHAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>

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No that didn't work... I upgrade the system to 5-STABLE via buildworld
and the package path directory is, obviously, correct now. Updating
and recompiling the whole system should not be easier then figuring
out what variable is used to change the ftp package path, thanks for
your help guys.

On 6/27/05, fbsd_user <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
>=20
>=20
>=20
> For a non-permanent, one-time temporary use of a different directory
> path, you can use this form of the pkg_add command.
>=20
> pkg_add -v
> ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/All/
> gimp-1.3.19_1,1.tgz
>=20
> pkg_add -v
> ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/www/
> apache-1.3.29_1
>=20
>=20
>=20
> or
>=20
>=20
>=20
> setenv PACKAGESITE
> 'ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/'
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Nikolas
> Britton
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:36 PM
> To: FreeBSD Mailing List
> Subject: changing the package path variable
>=20
>=20
> Here is where portupgrade is fetching
> ftp://ftp2.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.4-releas
> e/
>=20
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>=20
> Here is where I want portupgrade to fetch from
> ftp://ftp2.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/
>=20
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>=20
> What variable do I set to change this? it's driving me f'ing nuts.
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