On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:56:45 -0500
David Jackson wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:43 AM, RW
> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:14:24 -0500
> > David Jackson wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I do think packages need to be better supported on FreeBSD, many
> > > users do prefer to use packages due to spe
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:43 AM, RW wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:14:24 -0500
> David Jackson wrote:
>
>
> > I do think packages need to be better supported on FreeBSD, many
> > users do prefer to use packages due to speed and convenience and do
> > not prefer to build it all. it shouldnt be su
On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:14:24 -0500
David Jackson wrote:
> I do think packages need to be better supported on FreeBSD, many
> users do prefer to use packages due to speed and convenience and do
> not prefer to build it all. it shouldnt be such a hassle
If you want to use packages I would suggest
On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:05:16 -0500, David Jackson wrote:
> The fact is, I have had problems with portupgrade as well, in fact,
> portupgrade would give errors as well with not being able to download
> packages, the entire upgrade process at that point would fail. That is the
> reason I am trying pk
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Carl Johnson wrote:
> David Jackson writes:
>
> > Since I wish to use packages instead of ports to update my system,
> someone
> > recommended I use pkg_upgrade. However, basically, it does not work. It
> > gets to downloaded packages. But, after 10 packages, it
David Jackson writes:
> Since I wish to use packages instead of ports to update my system, someone
> recommended I use pkg_upgrade. However, basically, it does not work. It
> gets to downloaded packages. But, after 10 packages, it prints a message
> "Protocol error" and then "Package x cannot be
Since I wish to use packages instead of ports to update my system, someone
recommended I use pkg_upgrade. However, basically, it does not work. It
gets to downloaded packages. But, after 10 packages, it prints a message
"Protocol error" and then "Package x cannot be fetched", where x is the
name of