Re: Why .tgz packages for 4.x

2004-03-15 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:55:27PM +, Mark Ovens wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:48:30PM +0200, Kyryll A Mirnenko wrote:
> >
> >>Don't you know why 4.x packages're distributed tar gzipped for 4.x?
> >>pkg_(?:add|update) understands both .tgz/.tbz but the last saves
> >>~20% of my time & money while downloading from mirror
> >
> >1) Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so your emails may be easily 
> >read.
> >
> >2) This was attempted in the past, but it caused a lot of problems for
> >users during the transition.  5.x has .tbz packages.
> >
> 
> Hmmm, I tried using pkg_add with an ftp address to a .tgz package (a 
> link from the ports search page IIRC) but got an error something like 
> "pkg_add can only handle files with a .tbz extension. D/l the .tgz and 
> ran pkg_add on the local copy and it worked fine. The package was cvsup 
> I think.

I think that was one of the unresolved problems (the "dual" .tgz/.tbz
support isn't complete).

Kris


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Re: Why .tgz packages for 4.x

2004-03-15 Thread Mark Ovens
Kris Kennaway wrote:

On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:48:30PM +0200, Kyryll A Mirnenko wrote:

Don't you know why 4.x packages're distributed tar gzipped for 4.x?
pkg_(?:add|update) understands both .tgz/.tbz but the last saves
~20% of my time & money while downloading from mirror
1) Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so your emails may be easily read.

2) This was attempted in the past, but it caused a lot of problems for
users during the transition.  5.x has .tbz packages.
Hmmm, I tried using pkg_add with an ftp address to a .tgz package (a 
link from the ports search page IIRC) but got an error something like 
"pkg_add can only handle files with a .tbz extension. D/l the .tgz and 
ran pkg_add on the local copy and it worked fine. The package was cvsup 
I think.

Kris


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Re: Why .tgz packages for 4.x

2004-03-15 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:48:30PM +0200, Kyryll A Mirnenko wrote:

> Don't you know why 4.x packages're distributed tar gzipped for 4.x?
> pkg_(?:add|update) understands both .tgz/.tbz but the last saves
> ~20% of my time & money while downloading from mirror

1) Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so your emails may be easily read.

2) This was attempted in the past, but it caused a lot of problems for
users during the transition.  5.x has .tbz packages.

Kris


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Why .tgz packages for 4.x

2004-03-15 Thread Kyryll A Mirnenko
  Don't you know why 4.x packages're distributed tar gzipped for 4.x? 
pkg_(?:add|update) understands both .tgz/.tbz but the last saves ~20% of my time & 
money while downloading from mirror

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