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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!visi.com!newsfeeder.toronto.ican.net!torn!newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!nexus.yorku.ca!rreiner From: rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Install by ftp: *many* packages missing! Date: 5 Jan 97 22:59:55 GMT Organization: York University, Ontario, Canada Lines: 30 Message-ID: <rreiner.852505195@nexus.yorku.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: nexus.yorku.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33668 Just got done installing 2.1.6 over ftp. When adding packages, I found that *many* of the packages that came up in the index were not actually installable -- repeated attempts always failed (while other packages installed with no problem). Some of the afflicted packages are: jdk kaffe wine gnats xboard gnuchess xrisk ...and many more (I can supply a list of at least another ten that will not install). These won't install from ftp.freebsd.org, ftp2.freebsd.org, ftp3.freebsd.org, or ftp.ca.freebsd.org. Again, all these packages are listed in the menus and are selectable, but installation always fails. Also, the ports collection seems to be missing many of the same pieces of software -- plus others as well! Anyone know what's up? I need some of these things fairly soon and would prefer not to have to port them all myself... Richard