Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:13:46 +0000 (GMT) From: Kiril Mitev <kiril@ideaglobal.com> To: jedgar@fxp.org (Chris D. Faulhaber) Cc: kiril@ideaglobal.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: failure installing CVSUP .... Message-ID: <199908241713.RAA42786@loki.ideaglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908241301070.39740-100000@pawn.primelocation.net> from "Chris D. Faulhaber" at "Aug 24, 1999 1: 2:47 pm"
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> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Kiril Mitev wrote: > > > Sorry for the cross-post, I dont know which of -ports and -stable > > is more appropriate for this. > > > > running: (lines folded by me :-) > > > > pkg_add \ > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/CVSup/cvsup-bin-16.0.tar.gz > > > > > > produces: (lines folded by me :-) > > > > Requested space: 5584632 bytes, free space: 190273536 bytes > > in /var/tmp/instmp.g39996 > > tar: +CONTENTS not found in archive > > pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file `+CONTENTS' - not a package? > > pkg_add: 1 package addition(s) failed > > > > Read the errors...that is not a package (note the tar.gz, *not* .tgz). > You probably want: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages/All/cvsup-bin-16.0.tgz > > ----- > Chris D. Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> | All the true gurus I've met never > System/Network Administrator, | claimed they were one, and always > Reality Check Information, Inc. | pointed to someone better. Indeed. Now if I could only find the www.freebsd.org web page that suggested that it was the Ridht Way [tm] to do it .... Apologies... -- Kiril Mitev, IT Operations Mgr, London IDEAglobal.com Standard Corporate Disclaimer applies, see http://www.ideaglobal.com/email-disclaimer.html for details. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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