On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:09:04AM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote: > About a month ago I saw a problem where many of the packaged ports > disappeared from the main and mirror ftp sites. I didn't have time to drop > a message then, and just compiled them myself. However I'm seeing this > problem again today. And it isn't just this one package -- numerous items > that appear in the ports searches are missing. > > neptune.sv$ fetch > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/All/frontpage-5.0.2.2623_1.tbz > fetch: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/All/frontpage-5.0.2.2623_1.tbz: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > > neptune.sv$ pkg_add -r frontpage > Error: FTP Unable to get > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/frontpage.tbz: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) >
frontpage has not been packaged for years because a dependency (compat3x) is forbidden for security reasons. It looks like your expectations are broken here :) Kris
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