On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Peter <fb...@peterk.org> wrote: >> I've just updated from 9.0RC3 to 9.0-stable r229626 after a clean >> install. However when trying to add the first packages I noticed that >> pkg_add is installing packages from >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-current/ and >> not from package-9-stable which I would expect. In particular because >> the package-9-stable directory does now exist on the server. >> >> Using Google this appears to have to do with >> /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/main.c in which the following >> revision appears to include the link: >> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/main.c?r1=225757&r2=225756&pathrev=225757 >> However if I look at this specific source file on my system line 98 >> that brings in the link to packages-9-stable is missing (The file has >> packages-9.0-release, but not packages-9-stable) >> >> Any suggestion on what I am doing wrong would be highly appreciated as >> I don't understand this. >> >> *) uname -a shows 9.0-stable r229626; the update to latest stable has >> been done according to handbook. No variables that could affect this >> have been changed as it was a clean install using the 9.0RC3 bootdisk >> > > Should have stayed at -release :) > > I just had the same question and after doing some further research, the > issue is this: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/freebsd-versions.html > and > pkbsdpkg:#pwd > /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install > pkbsdpkg:#grep -R packages-9 * > add/main.c: { 900000, 900499, "/packages-9.0-release" }, > add/main.c: { 900000, 999000, "/packages-9-current" }, > > They haven't updated main.c for -stable yet and -stable is at 900500 per > sys/sys/param.h [or URL]. I'm just setting > PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-stable/Latest/ > manually. > > ]Peter[ >
Thanks for the response Peter. Still seems strange that this change has not been made, but I'll indeed set it manually for now. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
