Re: pkg_add -r does not find packages FreeBSD 9.0 rc1
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 06:13:59PM +0200, Luchesar V. ILIEV wrote: On 12/11/2011 16:36, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: I have installed RC1 and after getting confused with the new install routines, I have my system up. But when I try to install packages like nano and cvsup-without-gui to build my machine up from base the system reports no packages found. This have only rarely happened on my other systems and never on a fresh install.any clues ??? Could it be related to this PR? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=162490 This is an unfortunate sideeffect of our current release process for major version releases where it's hard to synchronize the change needed to pkg_add and the package sets on the mirrors. There are some workarounds that may make this a bit less painfull, but in general this is one of the reasons why we really should aim for maing the src and ports releases independent from eachother. For now, the best option for BETA and RSs is to override PACKAGESITE as Bane Ivosev suggested. Erwin -- Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Prediction is very difficult especially about the futureer...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_add -r does not find packages FreeBSD 9.0 rc1
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 at 15:49 -, Erwin Lansing wrote: This is an unfortunate sideeffect of our current release process for major version releases where it's hard to synchronize the change needed to pkg_add and the package sets on the mirrors. This might be another sign of too frequent major releases. Like some others I would prefer to see fewer major version number changes. A longer lived stable series is preferable (like 3.X and 4.X). Since FreeBSD in not the OS I use most often (unfortunately, since I do prefer BSD), I tend to lag on my personal installations. I'm still at 8.1 and would probably go to 8.3 sometime soon if it became available. I'm not ready for the breakage 9.X might entail for me. Yes, these are just numbers and might not have actual significance. I will probably also be happy to go with 9.0 when released. Common use (and declared FreeBSD use) is that changes with breakage imply the major version number changes and changes without major breakage change the minor version number. I have been the frustrated programmer who is eager to get my code out running on more systems. I have also been the frustrated user waiting for some needed new functionality only in a development/test environment. Trading off the various needs will never satisfy anyone. Note: I'm far more frustrated seeing Firefox hit 8.0 and am glad that Firefox 3.6 is still in ports (even if not the default version). Stuart -- I've never been lost; I was once bewildered for three days, but never lost! -- Daniel Boone ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
pkg_add -r does not find packages FreeBSD 9.0 rc1
I have installed RC1 and after getting confused with the new install routines, I have my system up. But when I try to install packages like nano and cvsup-without-gui to build my machine up from base the system reports no packages found. This have only rarely happened on my other systems and never on a fresh install.any clues ??? Kenneth Hatteland -- Kenneth Hatteland kenneth.hattel...@kleppnett.no ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_add -r does not find packages FreeBSD 9.0 rc1
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 03:36:05PM +0100, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: I have installed RC1 and after getting confused with the new install routines, I have my system up. But when I try to install packages like nano and cvsup-without-gui to build my machine up from base the system reports no packages found. This have only rarely happened on my other systems and never on a fresh install.any clues ??? Chances are the FTP mirrors (which are what pkg_add -r relies on) do not have binary packages build specifically for 9.x at this point in time. $ ftp ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/ ... ftp dir 227 Entering Passive Mode (204,152,184,73,207,75). 150 Here comes the directory listing. lrwxrwxrwx1 633 49315 Apr 19 2007 packages - packages-stable drwxrwxr-x 95 967 100 2048 Nov 29 2010 packages-6-stable drwxrwxr-x 95 967 100 2048 Nov 07 18:57 packages-7-stable drwxrwxr-x 95 967 100 2048 Feb 09 2011 packages-7.4-release drwxrwxr-x 95 967 100 2048 Nov 06 17:07 packages-8-stable drwxrwxr-x 95 967 100 2048 Feb 10 2011 packages-8.2-release drwxrwxr-x 95 967 100 2048 Nov 09 17:38 packages-9-stable lrwxr-xr-x1 967 10017 Aug 28 2009 packages-current - packages-8-stable lrwxr-xr-x1 967 10017 Nov 07 07:51 packages-stable - packages-9-stable 226 Directory send OK. So there's a packages-9-stable directory dated 2-3 days ago. Whether or not your pkg_add client is actually trying to access that directory is unknown to me; you provided absolutely no output from pkg_add -r so I have to speculate. Without details I'm forced to make assumptions. Furthermore, some FTP mirrors may not update their mirror data as often as others. To work around this, you can specify a full URL of the package to pkg_add -r and it will work. Also be aware that ftp.freebsd.org actually returns multiple A records (3 specifically), so which actual server you get varies. dig a ftp.freebsd.org will show you what I mean. Finally, please be aware that a cvsup replacement, csup(1), has been in the base system since FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE. It works the same as cvsup, parses the same files, near-identical flags, etc.. If there is a feature of cvsup that csup doesn't have, please tell us what that is so someone can implement it or provide a workaround; the less crap you have to install on your system the better (and I for one do not care for the language cvsup is written in, while csup is purely C). -- | Jeremy Chadwickjdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB | ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_add -r does not find packages FreeBSD 9.0 rc1
On 12/11/2011 16:36, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: I have installed RC1 and after getting confused with the new install routines, I have my system up. But when I try to install packages like nano and cvsup-without-gui to build my machine up from base the system reports no packages found. This have only rarely happened on my other systems and never on a fresh install.any clues ??? Could it be related to this PR? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=162490 Cheers, Luchesar ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_add -r does not find packages FreeBSD 9.0 rc1
set PACKAGESITE environment variable for tcsh shell setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9-stable/Latest/ hope this help On 11/12/11 15:36, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: I have installed RC1 and after getting confused with the new install routines, I have my system up. But when I try to install packages like nano and cvsup-without-gui to build my machine up from base the system reports no packages found. This have only rarely happened on my other systems and never on a fresh install.any clues ??? Kenneth Hatteland ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
