From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 16 05:44:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9035B16A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 05:44:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D44543D1F for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 05:44:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i2GDicgk057264 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:44:38 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i2GDibQ7057263; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:44:37 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:44:37 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Supote Leelasupphakorn Message-ID: <20040316134437.GD55349@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Supote Leelasupphakorn , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040316132236.61423.qmail@web40608.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VMt1DrMGOVs3KQwf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040316132236.61423.qmail@web40608.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040304, clamav-milter version 0.67j cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ask about software package system issue. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:44:45 -0000 --VMt1DrMGOVs3KQwf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 01:22:36PM +0000, Supote Leelasupphakorn wrote: > To... All >=20 > How I know which software package is for > freebsd-5 or freebsd-4 ? Packages for FreeBSD-4 have a '.tgz' extension. FreeBSD-5 uses '.tbz'. However, that may change in the future permitting both compression scheemes to be used with one or both of those system versions, so don't necessarily rely on the distinction. Generally the way you tell which OS version a package is for is by the directory heirarchy on the FTP servers. eg: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable will get packages suitable for FreeBSD 4.x. See the blurb that gets preinted out when you go to: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/ Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --VMt1DrMGOVs3KQwf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVwTFdtESqEQa7a0RAmuMAJ9Wth4RcJCTiectGXNulBjXXcj1TgCfesWd J6imrWVDdHAdwtmOxKZONiA= =6Duz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VMt1DrMGOVs3KQwf--