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From: Brian McKinney <rizzdogg@noc.theworks.com>
To: 'Salvo Bartolotta' <bartequi@nojunk.com>,
	Brian McKinney <rizzdogg@noc.theworks.com>
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Subject: RE: index not being on any of the ftps
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:51:55 -0800
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thanx a lot for your help! happy shelling.

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Salvo Bartolotta [mailto:bartequi@nojunk.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 11:39 AM
To: Brian McKinney
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: index not being on any of the ftps


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 1/11/00, 4:27:13 AM, Brian McKinney <rizzdogg@noc.theworks.com> wrote
regarding index not being on any of the ftps:


> How come theres never any of the packages on any of the USA ftps?
everytime
> i go to them to install a port it says that the index isnt on the
site. ill
> try about 5 or 6 different sites all over the world and none of them
have
> the ports. whats going on? am i doing something wrong? and why isnt
the port
> collection always on the primary ftp. would be nice to have a ftp to
always
> depend on having it no mater how slow it is especially when your
onsite
> setting up a box.

> Brian


Dear Brian McKinney,

various elements can cause the effects you experience.
I am Italian and I have happily downloaded ports from all over the
world, eg from the following:


"Russia 3" (ftp4.ru.FreeBSD.org ...)
"Russia 4" ...
"Australia 1" (ftp2.au. ...)
"Australia 2" ...
Usa,Uk, etc. etc.

Traffic may vary with your mileage (even over time ;-)

Please note: sometimes the directory structure may change.

One trivial example.
Some weeks ago, I wanted the Scilab port (math) 2.4.1. In the
meanwhile Scilab-2.5 had been "published" by INRIA.
As a result, Scilab-2.4.1 had been moved to .../distributions-old.
After getting a few ports errors, I went to the ftp site (via the
simple, plain ftp program), had a look around and found out the reason
for the errors. Then I went to the port makefile and you've already
guessed what I did :-)

Sometimes even the supposed directory structure might change: the
ports mechanism looks for something in
.../intermediate_directory/.../distfiles and there is NO
.../intermediate_directory/

If you have a look around the world, you will certainly run into this
situations, take my word.

The recipe should now be clear ;-)

Best regards,
Salvo

N.B. myjokingdomain ===> neomedia.it to e-mail to me.


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