On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:07:32AM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > I an running 4.9 the pkg_add -r command default path is > /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.9-release/Lastest/ > All the names in that location do not have versions suffix appended > to the name. > > Though /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.9-release/all/ does. > > The FBSD handbook says to use > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html > To find port and package names and it only shows the names with > versions suffix appended to the name. > > Some entries listed have package link and some don't, entries > without package link still have packages. > > just looks like thinks are in process of changing, as if there is > an project in progress, so I asked the question. > > Default location for pkg_add should be 'all' and not 'Latest' or > 'Latest' should be populated with content of 'all' so pkg_add will > function.
That's by design. If you want the latest version of the package you don't care what the specific version is. If you care about downloading a specific version, you can download it from the All/ directory or from one of the other subdirectories (e.g. games/). Kris
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