Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:57:55 -0800 From: Joe Rhett <jrhett@meer.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports directories are broken again? Message-ID: <20041231235755.GA67655@meer.net> In-Reply-To: <20041231202929.GA13727@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20041231190904.GA18620@meer.net> <20041231202929.GA13727@xor.obsecurity.org>
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> On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:09:04AM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote: > > neptune.sv$ pkg_add -r frontpage > > Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/frontpage.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 12:29:29PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > frontpage has not been packaged for years because a dependency > (compat3x) is forbidden for security reasons. It looks like your > expectations are broken here :) I have no expecation other than that if the freebsd site indicates that a package is available, that it should be there. It provides a link to a supposed package, which does not exist. And your comment of "for years" makes no sense when applied to versions of the OS which haven't existed for more than a few months. (not that it isn't true, but it certainly defies basic logic, no?) I'm checking for a package for 5.3-release, which is only a few months old. It indicates that a package exists, and provides a URL. The URL fails indicating the file isn't found. ... and "my expectations are broken" ? Can you really think of nothing else wrong here? -- Joe Rhett Senior Geek Meer.net
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