Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:39:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> To: Karl Agee <kdagee2@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: about adding packages... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107132236250.5567-100000@pogo.caustic.org> In-Reply-To: <20010714042924.64947.qmail@web12301.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Karl Agee wrote: > so what does all of this mean?? how can I use this to > my advantage and get my package?? basically, it means that it couldn't get the packages. the file didn't exist. from the looks of the ftp site, there is no longer a 4.0-release being supported off of ftp.freebsd.org. check for yourself via ftp: ftp> pwd 257 "/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386" is current directory. ftp> ls 227 Entering Passive Mode (62,243,72,50,85,249) 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for 'file list'. total 18 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 15 Jun 1 21:36 packages -> packages-stable drwxrwxr-x 70 1006 1006 1536 Jun 18 2000 packages-3.5-release lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 17 Jun 1 21:43 packages-4-current -> packages-4-stable drwxr-xr-x 75 1006 1006 1536 Jul 7 07:17 packages-4-stable lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 17 Jun 1 22:03 packages-4.1.1-stable -> packages-4-stable drwxrwxr-x 74 1006 1006 1536 Apr 24 17:51 packages-4.2-release lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 17 Jun 1 22:13 packages-4.2-stable -> packages-4-stable and so on. as you can see, no sign of packages for 4.0-release. you could probably build this from ports, instead. -- jan -------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+ http://caustic.org/~jan jan@caustic.org "which then led me to realize leading my life by the motto 'i'm not as bad as jan' would still let me get away with A LOT" --- j. leah williams, University of Chicago, 19 Jan, 2001 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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