Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 03:40:35 -0700 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: Dimitry Andric <dim@xs4all.nl> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.0-RELEASE ports.tgz file missing? Message-ID: <3E3A52A3.3040305@btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <171226215.20030131102611@xs4all.nl> References: <171226215.20030131102611@xs4all.nl>
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Dimitry Andric wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I heard from several friends who did FTP installs of 5.0-RELEASE, that > the installer was unable to install the ports collection. So I checked > the various FTP sites, and to my amazement I couldn't find the > ports.tgz file on any of them! > > See for example: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.0-RELEASE/ports/ > ftp://ftp.nl.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.0-RELEASE/ports/ > > or any other FreeBSD mirror sites. It is also the case for other > architectures. > > However, on the 5.0-RELEASE i386 install CD I have here, there is such > a ports directory, with a ports.tgz file (and accompanying > CHECKSUM.MD5 and install.sh files). > > Is this a deliberate omission on the FTP servers? > > Cheers, > - -- Fixed on ftp-master, so it should work it's way out to the mirrors over the next few days. I'm not sure if this is an accidental or intended breakage of the release scripts, but many previous releases on FreeBSD have the ports directory in the FTP distro. Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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