Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 01:19:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: Ports FAQ is a great read [port.tar??] Message-ID: <20021015011627.X4776-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <l1k7l1x3qo.7l1@localhost.localdomain>
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On 1 Oct 2002, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > non-cvsup method 3: > -- cd /usr/ports/<sub> > fetch > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/<sub>/port.tar > tar -xf port.tar > Note: Not all of the mirrors support tar-on-the-fly ftp transfers, but some do, including the primary site. What is "tar-on-the-fly?" Case in point: # mkdir /usr/ports/java ; cd /usr/ports/java # fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/java/jdk13.tar fetch: jdk13.tar: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) I am losing faith in my abilities and am most certainly settling on a life of /stand/sysinstall and `pkg_add -r` :-( Can someone offer me hope? -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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