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Date:      Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:56:53 -0400
From:      "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>
To:        Chris Denault <chris@pemaquid.safeport.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: problems with pkg_add for XFree86 4.2
Message-ID:  <200207221956.53225.bts@babbleon.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207221946170.42840-100000@pemaquid.safeport.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207221946170.42840-100000@pemaquid.safeport.com>

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Actually, I posted about this just yesterday, but not this list.

Set the location to get it from "All" instead of "Latest" and you should be 
golden.

On Monday 22 July 2002 07:52 pm, Chris Denault wrote:
| I am trying to install XFree86 4.2 via package add using
|
| zeus:~> pkg_add -rv XFree86-4.2.0_1,1.tgz
| looking up ftp.freebsd.org
| connecting to ftp.freebsd.org:21
| setting passive mode
| opening data connection
| initiating transfer
| Error: FTP Unable to get
| ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/La
| test/XFree86-4.2.0_1,1.tgz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no
| access)
| pkg_add: unable to fetch
| `ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/L
| atest/XFree86-4.2.0_1,1.tgz' by URL
| pkg_add: 1 package addition(s) failed
| zeus:~>
|
| Could someone tell me if I am using pkg_add wrong or is there another
| place to try and fetch the package from?
|
| Thanks for any help.
|
| -Chris Denault
|
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