From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 3 01:51:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2334816A4D0 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:51:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fed1rmmtao03.cox.net (fed1rmmtao03.cox.net [68.230.241.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A20AF43D5E for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:51:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) Received: from reichlieu.lan ([68.6.195.68]) by fed1rmmtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with ESMTP id <20041103015145.LNZ14060.fed1rmmtao03.cox.net@reichlieu.lan>; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 20:51:45 -0500 Received: from reichlieu.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by reichlieu.lan (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iA31pigF058046; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:51:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reichlieu.lan (8.13.1/8.12.11/Submit) id iA31pivk058045; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:51:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) X-Authentication-Warning: reichlieu.lan: mnavarre set sender to mnavarre@cox.net using -f From: Matt Navarre To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:51:43 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <20041103013251.14546.qmail@web54007.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041103013251.14546.qmail@web54007.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411021751.43912.mnavarre@cox.net> X-SA-Scanned: 0 () X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.41 cc: Bsd B Subject: Re: linux_base-8 mystery X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:51:46 -0000 On Tuesday 02 November 2004 05:32, Bsd B wrote: > Hi, > I have a question that has really stumped me. I have > searched far and wide and have found no literature on > it. > My question - Why can't i install linux_base-8 from > packages? > > I am running linux_base-7.1_7 on FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE > and wish to upgrade to linux_base-8. As root I type > "pkg_add -r linux_base-8" and get the following > > Error: FTP Unable to get > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.10-release/Latest/l >inux_base-8.tgz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > pkg_add: unable to fetch > 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.10-release/Latest/ >linux_base-8.tgz' by URL > There's no linux_base-8 package there. In fact I don't see linux_base-8 packages built for any 4.x (-RELEASE, -STABLE or -CURRENT). > It installs perfectly from ports, but why not from > packages? I am puzzled. Does any one know why or can > point me to some reference or literature explaining > this mystery? Packages only exist if someone builds them. The packages in the release directory are, I believe, a shapshot of the ports tree at the time the release was made. I don't know how often the -STABLE and -CURRENT packages are updated or why linux-base-8 isn't in them. I don't see packages for 5.3-RELEASE or -CURRENT either. See the note in section 4.4.1 of the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/packages-using.html > Cheers > Bob > -- "We all enter this world in the same way: naked, screaming, and soaked in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn't have to stop there." -- Dana Gould