On 28/01/2018 20:14, James E Keenan wrote: > Earlier today (about 0910 EST), thanks to Po-Chuan Hsieh, a new port I > had created was committed to the repository. It was very quickly > visible at these locations: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/p5-CPAN-Testers-Common-Client/ > https://www.freshports.org/devel/p5-CPAN-Testers-Common-Client/ > > ... and it has since become visible here as well: > > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=p5-CPAN-Testers-Common-Client&stype=all&sektion=all > > > However, when I try to install that package onto my system (a VM running > FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE), I continue -- six hours later -- to get messages > saying that the package cannot be located. > > ##### > $> sudo pkg update > Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... > FreeBSD repository is up to date. > All repositories are up to date. > > $> sudo pkg install p5-CPAN-Testers-Common-Client > Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... > FreeBSD repository is up to date. > All repositories are up to date. > pkg: No packages available to install matching > 'p5-CPAN-Testers-Common-Client' have been found in the repositories > ##### > > What am I not understanding about this process? >
It takes 1 to 2 days to do a build job for the entire ports tree. So
try again tomorrow, or failing that, the day after.
Also, be sure you're using the _latest_ ports, and not the _quarterly_
branch, or else you'ld have to wait until the end of March and the next
quarterly branch to see the new port in the repository.
Cheers,
Matthew
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