not able to install some ports

[Garrett Cooper]

dbetts wrote:
> I have been trying to install amavisd-new, portgrey, and portupgrade. 
> I get the same error on all ports when they try to install 
> dependencies:(this is an example from trying to install the port 
> portupgrade)
>
> => bdb-0.6.0.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/ruby.
> => Attempting to fetch from ftp://moulon.inra.fr/pub/ruby/.
> fetch: ftp://moulon.inra.fr/pub/ruby/bdb-0.6.0.tar.gz: Can't open data 
> connection
> => Attempting to fetch from 
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/ruby/.
> fetch: 
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/ruby/bdb-0.6.0.tar.gz: 
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> => port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ruby and try again.
> *** Error code 1
> I have also tried pkg_add and get the error:
>
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/ruby/bdb-0.6.0.tar.gz: 
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> Is the ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles down?
> Or is there a way to install these ports?
>
> Thanks
>
Not sure why, but this happens on occasion with some ports. What you 
should do (quickest method) is google the filename listed above, 
download the file, and save it to /usr/ports/distfiles, then rebuild the 
port(s). This shouldn't occur with most of your ports though.
-Garrett