Subject: Re: pkg/32440: newly expanded pkgsrc on newly installed 3.0 doesn't work at all
To: None <pkg-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Anne Bennett <anne@porcupine.montreal.qc.ca>
List: pkgsrc-bugs
Date: 01/05/2006 03:30:01
The following reply was made to PR pkg/32440; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Anne Bennett <anne@porcupine.montreal.qc.ca>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: pkg-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
pkgsrc-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: pkg/32440: newly expanded pkgsrc on newly installed 3.0 doesn't work at all
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:25:09 -0500
Dennis den Brok <d.den.brok@gmx.net> responds to me:
>> I'm trying to find the corresponding source tarball, but
>> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-2005Q4 seems to
>> contains just the binary package distributions for (some of) the
>> various ports, as opposed to pkgsrc-current (and its tarball
>> pkgsrc-current.tar.gz), which contains the source tree that I am
>> looking for.
> Try ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/2005Q4
Yup, there it is; thanks! I have noted the location for future
reference, but now that I have what appears to be a sane current
pkgsrc, I might as well continue with that unless I find problems
with it.
>> With luck tomorrow evening I will be able to install packages. :-)
I was delayed, but yes, it works now. I have "vim", finally!
And soon to have many more... Thanks, all!
Anne.
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