Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:36:46 -0500 From: Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Rik Davis <rik_davis2004@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Ports collection issue Message-ID: <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com> In-Reply-To: <20061027000754.86183.qmail@web58305.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <20061027000754.86183.qmail@web58305.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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On Thursday 26 October 2006 19:07, Rik Davis wrote: > Guys, > > I'm a die hard freebsd user, but I am finding myself becomeing quite > frustrated with why you completely pulled the 5.4 ports collection off of > your ftp sites. > > When I try to use my /stand/sysinstall now and attempt to connect to you > ftp server, I ge the error that it cannot locate the 5.4-RELEASE packages. > Why would you remove a collection that is still in such high demand by > those of us that have yet to upgrade our binaries to a later version? > > I depend on that being there, but this is not leaving a very pleasant > taste in my mouth. Also, this is not the first time I have seen you do > this. What am I supposed to do now that I no longer have access to those > packages? > > Sincerely, > > Adrian Brooks > > Adrian, Use /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui and create a cvsupfile. You can then selectively install src-all, src-contrib, ports-all and any of the various ports sub-trees that you need (but stick with ports-all). cvsup will get the proper Makefiles and whatnot for you. Email me if you need help setting that up. lane
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