Re: fetching sources from sourceforge takes very long time

2011-05-11 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
> I do not know why you see low ping times to a server but then slow transfer > speeds from it. That would be a question for your network administrator. Just as a quickie, your ISP might throttle your bandwidth as a function of time. You might actually have a very large connection pipe -- maybe yo

suggestion: better help on "install" help

2011-05-11 Thread Roger Pack
Hello all. My thought is to propose that this message: $ port help install Usage: install Installs the given ports be changed to this: $ port help install Usage: install Installs the given ports. See also the variants command for options. Feedback? -r _

Re: atlas G5 upgrade issue?

2011-05-11 Thread vincent habchi
Hi Ivan, > When I went to upgrade atlas, I found it claiming it would be compiling for > the G4 architecture (ppc) on a G5 (ppc64) machine, and that it would lead to > inferior performance. I do not recall seeing this on previous > install/upgrades of atlas. Does atlas have support for the G5

atlas G5 upgrade issue?

2011-05-11 Thread Ivan Kawaler
When I went to upgrade atlas, I found it claiming it would be compiling for the G4 architecture (ppc) on a G5 (ppc64) machine, and that it would lead to inferior performance. I do not recall seeing this on previous install/upgrades of atlas. Does atlas have support for the G5 architecture

Re: Need help with using a MacPorts-created .dmg installer for ffmpeg 0.6.2

2011-05-11 Thread Eric
Ryan, Thanks for both the error message clarification and the link to where earlier Xcode versions are to be found ... Eric --- On Wed, 5/11/11, Ryan Schmidt wrote: From: Ryan Schmidt Subject: Re: Need help with using a MacPorts-created .dmg installer for ffmpeg 0.6.2 To: "Eric" Cc: "MacPort

Re: Need help with using a MacPorts-created .dmg installer for ffmpeg 0.6.2

2011-05-11 Thread Eric
Ryan, Thanks. I was wondering whether/how I should have included the mailing list ... My bad! I'll "Reply All" in the future ... Eric --- On Wed, 5/11/11, Ryan Schmidt wrote: From: Ryan Schmidt Subject: Re: Need help with using a MacPorts-created .dmg installer for ffmpeg 0.6.2 To: "Eric" Cc

Re: Need help with using a MacPorts-created .dmg installer for ffmpeg 0.6.2

2011-05-11 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On May 11, 2011, at 08:00, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On May 10, 2011, at 15:27, Eric wrote: > >> ---> Extracting zlib >> Error: On Mac OS X 10.5, zlib 1.2.5 requires Xcode 3.1 or later but you have >> Xcode 3.0. >> Error: Target org.macports.extract returned: incompatible Xcode version >> Error: F

Re: Need help with using a MacPorts-created .dmg installer for ffmpeg 0.6.2

2011-05-11 Thread Ryan Schmidt
Eric, I'm sending this reply back to the mailing list so others can see and participate in the discussion. Please use Reply All when replying. On May 10, 2011, at 15:27, Eric wrote: > Ryan, > > Thanks ... really good info and advice. > > I'd like to MacPorts-install ffmpeg directly on my iMac

Re: fetching sources from sourceforge takes very long time

2011-05-11 Thread Alexander Ulitin
I've blocked sourceforge in my router (i could delete sourceforge rows in sources config with the same result) and now macports work fine. It's not a good solution, but it works. 2011/5/11 Ryan Schmidt : > On May 10, 2011, at 16:14, Alexander Ulitin wrote: > >> I need to install some ports(ex.tomc

Re: fetching sources from sourceforge takes very long time

2011-05-11 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On May 10, 2011, at 16:14, Alexander Ulitin wrote: > I need to install some ports(ex.tomcat6), that are dependent on a > number of other ports (ex. junit, > mx4j). Ping results in port -d for citylan.dl.sourceforge.net is the > smallest - 20ms, so macports downloads sourcefile from that server and

Re: fetching sources from sourceforge takes very long time

2011-05-11 Thread Alexander Ulitin
Alexander, no any problems downloading from browser. 50MB file - 1 minute. 2011/5/11 Alexander Skwar : > Alexander, > do you also experience slow downloads, when you download > from Source Forge using a normal browser (Chrome, Firefox or > whatnot)? Eg. this 50MB file: > http://sourceforge.net/pr

Re: fetching sources from sourceforge takes very long time

2011-05-11 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alexander, do you also experience slow downloads, when you download from Source Forge using a normal browser (Chrome, Firefox or whatnot)? Eg. this 50MB file: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxpaint/files/tuxpaint/0.9.21/tuxpaint_0.9.21-1maemo8_i386.deb/download (It's just a random largish file t