Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 02:12:37 +0000 (GMT) From: "mc@ark.org" <mc@ark.org> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with 2.1R master CD? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960425020933.20963B-100000@dove.ark.org> In-Reply-To: <199604242204.PAA23058@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I have the Nov '95 Infomagic BSDisc, and a number of packages cleanly > > fail to install from it, pkg_add failing with a -1 error code. I was > > wondering if this is a fault with the master CD release, only > > Infomagic's 2.1 distribution, or of course a problem with my individual > > CD. > > > > Has anyone had problems installing any of these from the Infomagic > > or Walnut Creek 2.1R CDs, or for that matter from any 2.1 distribution? : > > I have never seen an Infomagic CDROM. > > Is one of these packages "NetScape"? Nope. > Some packages *require* you to download binaries from the net to make > them operate -- they are not distributable on CDROM. Netscape is > one of these. [...] Martin Cooper mc@ark.org www.ark.org/~mc The Cybercafe @ The Ark admin@ark.org Phone: +44 116 2339660 St. Martin's Walk, Leicester, UK www.ark.org Fax: +44 116 2539303
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