Please see my original email below. Any assistance will be greatly
appreciated.

Bob McClure
bobm@cdslabels.com

-----Original Message-----
From: David Maxwell [mailto:david@fundy.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:52 AM
To: bob mcclure
Cc: www@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: NetBSD WWW feedback from bobm@cdslabels.com


On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 07:28:16AM -0800, bob mcclure wrote:
> bobm@cdslabels.com (bob mcclure) sent the following
> comment about The NetBSD Project's WWW server:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Possible broken links to PHP packages.
> 
> I have been getting 'page cannot be displayed' errors for many of the
> php packages.  Additionally, I have not been able to install via pkg_add
> command, and appears to involve ftp files as well.  PKG_PATH has been
> set to:

There have recently been problems with the rsync updates to mirror
sites, and the cvsweb server. The broken links may be related to that.
We hope to have them resolved soon.

> ftp.netbsd.org
> netbsd.stevens-tech.edu
> ftp.iastate.edu 
> 
> all with similar results.  stevens-tech returned an error as follows.  I
> hope this helps and thanks for your help.
> 
> intra1: {3} echo $PKG_PATH
> ftp://netbsd.stevens-tech.edu/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5.1/i386/All
> intra1: {4} pkg_add ap-php
> pkg_add: unpackURL: verification expandURL failed
> Error on 
>
unpackURL('ftp://netbsd.stevens-tech.edu/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5.1/i386/All/
php-4.0.4.1nb1.tbz',
> '/var/tmp/instmp.03072e')
> pkg_add: unpackURL: verification expandURL failed
> Error on 
>
unpackURL('ftp://netbsd.stevens-tech.edu/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5.1/i386/All/
php-4.0.4.1nb1.tgz',
> '/var/tmp/instmp.03072g')

It seems there is no binary package available for php itself, which is
why the error occurs. (The error message should be improved)

It would probably be best to resend this part of your query to
tech-pkg@netbsd.org - that is the audience most likely to solve your
problem.

Thanks for your interest in NetBSD!

-- 
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between voodoo and marketing research is that voodoo sometimes works! 
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