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Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 14:39:44 -0500
To: Jerry Lundy <pm-jwlundy@aafes.com>,
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From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
Subject: Re: tbz vs. tgz
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At 02:11 PM 9.9.2002 -0500, Jerry Lundy wrote:
>Greetings.
>
>The change of package format from .tgz to .tbz has created a furor in my
>office.  Our pkg_add quit working, apparently due to the cutover. (I
>would have assumed that a migration would be more appropriate.)
>
>Question: How do we make pkg_add work again?
>
>Better idea: Can freebsd.org make pkg_add work again?
>
>Thanks,
> 
>Jerry W. Lundy, CISSP                      <jwlundy@aafes.com>
>AAFES Contractor: The Greentree Group      214-312-6638
>

Wonder if putting this in your /etc/make.conf file would help for now:
# PKG_SUFX=.tgz (...or whatever ... I don't pkg_add much, so haven't tried
this)

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net

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