The URLs are fixed in the -stable branch. Follow the instructions in http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.html#using . Use "ports" instead of "src" in the cvs command.
On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 09:56:07PM -0500, Implausibility wrote: > There is still a problem with lynx in OpenBSD 5.8, and it sounds related to > this issue, as it's complaining that the appropriate version number can't be > found. > > I downloaded ports.tar.gz today (dated August 10th, 2015), and building > firefox fails because lynx can't be built -- there's a 404 error while it's > trying to download the specified version number. > > I'm rather new to OpenBSD, so how do I get a fresher copy of either... > - the ports archive > - the makefile for lynx in /usr/ports > - lynx so that the build system will recognize it as having been installed > > ...? > > Thanks. > > > > On Feb 1, 2016, at 7:15 PM, sven falempin <sven.falem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Stuart Henderson <st...@openbsd.org> wrote: > > > >> On 2016/02/01 16:21, sven falempin wrote: > >>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Stuart Henderson <st...@openbsd.org> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 2016/02/01 14:36, sven falempin wrote: > >>>>> Also ftp disagree on the minor > >>>>> base is 4, and france is 8 > >>>> > >>>> I can't make sense of your email. > >>>> > >> > >> Oh, you are talking about the distfile mirroring. This is only done > >> periodically. > >> > >>> base is 4: > >> > >> This would have been clearer if you had said 'ftp.openbsd.org' instead > >> of 'base', and especially if you had mentioned 'distfiles'. Most people > >> here will think 'base' is talking about 'the base OS'. > >> > >>> http://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/distfiles/lynx2.8.9dev.8.tar.bz2 > >>> france is 8: > >>> http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/distfiles/lynx2.8.9dev.4.tar.bz2 > >>> Makefile is 6: > >>> lynx2.8.9dev.6.tar.bz2 > >> > >> The port Makefile and the packages in snapshots are for lynx2.8.9dev.8. > >> > >> ftp.openbsd.org should catch up in distfiles/ sometime, but it's not > >> very important, this is only used as a backup if the main server > >> listed in the port's Makefile as MASTER_SITES is down, or if the > >> file has been removed from there. > >> > >> > > it is not important, but the .8 is not building , patch does not apply , > > while .4 is building. > > > > and master site is down :-( since friday > > > > the patch put the home page to openbsd instead of lynx, > > > > even more important :D > > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > > /\ > > > -- Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info
