Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:35:33 +0200 From: Thomas Pornin <Thomas.Pornin@ens.fr> To: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: short package INDEX file and sysinstall segfault Message-ID: <20010726133532.A21275@jaunet.ens.fr>
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Hello, I am currently installing a 4.3 RELEASE on a PWS 500a (4 GB harddrive on a Qlogic disk, 576 MB of ram). The base system is in place, and I am trying to install some packages. The problem is that the following file seems incorrect: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-4.3-release/INDEX it is really small (a few kilobytes) and lists only a very small subset of the available packages. All ftp mirrors copied that file, so none of them has a working INDEX file. I downloaded all the packages (I had to delete some so that it would fit in a 1.5 GB filesystem -- I removed the Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, German, Hebrew, Korean and Russian packages) and I tried to replace the INDEX file with the one from /usr/ports (which seems to have the same syntax). But then, /stand/sysinstall segfaults while reading that file. I could use pkg_add on individual packages, but this would be tiresome (the sysinstall menus are great to read description and handle dependencies). I could use the ports but I do not feel like recompiling everything (it could take some time). So, is there somewhere either a correct INDEX file, or a sysinstall-like utility that will do the job ? --Thomas Pornin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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