A few days ago, calibre went missing from the pkg repo; this was due to an upgrade from version 3.xx to version 4.xx, so technically understandable, even if it was unfortunate for users.
Today I wanted to reinstall falkon (due to some library updates, related to other packages on my system). root@kg-core2# pkg install -f falkon Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue... FreeBSD repository is up to date. All repositories are up to date. pkg: No packages available to install matching 'falkon' have been found in the repositories What? But it's there, look: root@kg-core2# pkg info falkon falkon-3.1.0 Name : falkon Version : 3.1.0 Installed on : Wed May 1 20:26:15 2019 CEST Origin : www/falkon Architecture : FreeBSD:11:amd64 Prefix : /usr/local [cut to save lines] Freshports also confirms that the port is still active, hasn't been upgraded to a new version or something else. So, what happened to the package? In case anyone isn't totally clear on this: building support for the package system among users requires that those users can rely on that package system to be consistent, dependable and so on. Doing "pull the rug under your legs" stunts (intended or not) makes users distrust the package system; they might even go back to using ports, even if it will cost them a lot more in build time. Details: root@kg-core2# uname -a FreeBSD kg-core2.kg4.no 11.3-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p3 #0: Mon Aug 19 21:08:43 UTC 2019 r...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
