Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:14:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Jason Hunt <leth@primus.ca> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Branson Matheson <branson@windborne.net> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Package compression format changed Message-ID: <20020906151107.Y7910-100000@lethargic.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20020906164357.GB71908@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 11:03:05AM -0400, Branson Matheson wrote: > > At the request of the release engineers the default package > > compression scheme has been changed from gzipped tarball to bzip2ed > > tarball. The package tools have been updated to deal with the new > > format (older package tools only had partial support for .tbz > > packages). > > > > Additionally, the ports collection packages distributed via the FTP > > site have been switched to .tbz, so if you are a regular user of > > these > > packages you will need to update and rebuild your package tools > > (e.g. by doing a complete upgrade). > > > > I don't suppose anyone considered .. say.. upgrading the pkg_* binaries > > to understand this and look for it .. say.. BEFORE YOU FORCED US ALL TO > > UPGRADE?!!? > > > > This was a very ill chosen decision. I can now no longer install ANY > > packages until I upgrade my -STABLE boxen?!?! What idiocy is this? I > > agree the change should have been made.. but change the binaries FIRST > > at say RELEASE .. give it time for everyone to absorb the changes.. and > > then change the packages. Oh you say.. you can just d/l the packages > > and then install them from local disk. Great.. lets talk about > > dependancies.. That isn't going to be frustrating.. uh uh.. no way. > > The change is being made for 4.7-RELEASE, which is now in the > prerelease cycle. The release engineers wanted to use .tbz packages > for 4.7, so we had to do it now. Sorry that it inconvenienced you. > Why not make pkg_add(1) understand both .tgz and .tbz? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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