Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:51:43 -0800 From: Matt Navarre <mnavarre@cox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Bsd B <freebsd04@yahoo.com.au> Subject: Re: linux_base-8 mystery Message-ID: <200411021751.43912.mnavarre@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20041103013251.14546.qmail@web54007.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041103013251.14546.qmail@web54007.mail.yahoo.com>
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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
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