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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Subject: Re: pkg_add and 9.1RC3
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:54:14 -0500 (EST), doug wrote:
> Doing pkg_add in the normal way:
> 
> pkg_add -r diffuse
> Error: Unable to get 
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.1-release/Latest/diffuse.tbz: 
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> 
> To make it work:
> 
> setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-stable/devel/
> pkg_add -r diffuse-0.4.6_2
> 
> Is this just the way it is, or is there some magic to make it somewhat less 
> tedious?


I think this behaviour is "intended": RC3 is the 3rd release
candidate for 9.1-RELEASE. The candidate already reflects the
correct access path for the binary installs via pkg_add.

This path _will be_ correct as soon as 9.1 has been released.
But as it it's not _yet_, the files are not present at the
designated location.

As 9.1-RC3 is "on the path" of 9-STABLE, your approach of
accessing the STABLE-related access path looks valid.


-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...