On 7 mrt 2013, at 16:58, Johan Hendriks wrote: > Ruben de Groot schreef: >> Hi, >> >> I just rented a 9.1-release VPS and was trying to install some packages. >> This however does not work as there is no directory "packages-9.1-release" >> on the ftp server (ftp.freebsd.org). Why is this?
> There was a security issue and therefor there are no packages for 9.1 > > > Due to the security incident reported here: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/news/2012-compromise.html > > only the small third-party package set on the DVD image is available at this > time for users who require pre-built packages (just GNOME and KDE windowing > systems). The FreeBSD Project's package building infrastructure is undergoing > a complete review and redesign. At this time we can not commit to a date the > full release package set will become available. A separate announcement will > be made when that becomes available. If you wish to install 9.1-RELEASE now > you can build your own packages using portsnap(8) to obtain an up to date > ports tree and then build the packages. If you require pre-built packages you > should wait for the announcement of the full release package set becoming > available. > > FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE can also be purchased on CD-ROM or DVD from several > vendors. One of the vendors that will be offering FreeBSD 9.1-based products > is: Thanks for the info Johan. I was aware of the compromise, just not of it still affecting the package building for 9.1 release. No problem, there's no absolute requirement for pre-build packages here, so I installed some tools from packages-9-stable by setting PACKAGESITE and building the rest now from ports. cheers, Ruben _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
