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Date:      Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:29:29 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports directories are broken again?
Message-ID:  <20041231202929.GA13727@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041231190904.GA18620@meer.net>
References:  <20041231190904.GA18620@meer.net>

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On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:09:04AM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote:
> About a month ago I saw a problem where many of the packaged ports=20
> disappeared from the main and mirror ftp sites.  I didn't have time to dr=
op
> a message then, and just compiled them myself.  However I'm seeing this
> problem again today.  And it isn't just this one package -- numerous items
> that appear in the ports searches are missing.
>=20
> neptune.sv$ fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5=
.3-release/All/frontpage-5.0.2.2623_1.tbz
> fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/=
All/frontpage-5.0.2.2623_1.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no =
access)
>=20
> neptune.sv$ pkg_add -r frontpage
> Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/pac=
kages-5.3-release/Latest/frontpage.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not fo=
und, no access)
>=20

frontpage has not been packaged for years because a dependency
(compat3x) is forbidden for security reasons.  It looks like your
expectations are broken here :)

Kris


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