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Date:      Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:43:47 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        John Do <pcbsdguy@yahoo.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.2.1-RELEASE FTP site error suddenly
Message-ID:  <20050908174346.GG49084@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050908164131.64408.qmail@web35810.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050908164131.64408.qmail@web35810.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 12:41:31PM -0400, John Do wrote:
> Here is what happens:
>=20
> pkg_add -r apache+mod_ssl
> Error: FTP Unable to get
> ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/5.2.1=
-RELEASE/packages/Latest/apache+mod_ssl.tbz:
> Protocol error
> pkg_add: unable to fetch
> 'ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/5.2.=
1-RELEASE/packages/Latest/apache+mod_ssl.tbz'
> by URL
>=20
>=20
> Even if I try to do a wget to the ftp I still get an
> error.
>=20
> I am able to successfully wget from other FTP sites.
>=20
> Anyone have any solutions?

It works for me, maybe it was something transient.

> Is there a mirror of the packages for 5.2.1-RELEASE I
> can try?

Try http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org/ - it only lists the release bits
(not packages directly), but if they have one there's a better chance
they have the other.

Kris

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