Re: pkg/32440: newly expanded pkgsrc on newly installed 3.0 doesn't work at all

[Anne Bennett <anne%porcupine.montreal.qc.ca@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/32440; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Anne Bennett <anne%porcupine.montreal.qc.ca@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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@localhost> 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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