On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:55:27PM +0000, 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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