Why there are so many binary packages missing on FTP?

matt donovan kitchetech at gmail.com
Mon Feb 16 19:38:46 PST 2009


On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Yuri <yuri at rawbw.com> wrote:

> /usr/ports/UPDATING recently recommended to upgrade kde-4.1.0 to kde-4-2.0.
>
> So I deleted kde-4.1.0 only to find out that there are no binaries for both
> kde-4.1.0 and kde-4.2.0.
> So I had to build kde-4.2.0 for many hours, again, only to find out that it
> doesn't work as well as kde-4.1.0.
>
> "Desktop Folder" applet doesn't show anything for ke-4.1.0. Applets show
> contents of other folders
> but there are no scrollbars in them. Also bottom panel doesn't have any
> colors and looks ugly.
>
> So now I a stuck with broken kde-4.2.0 and there is no easy way to go
> anywhere.
>
> I sent similar question to kde at freebsd.org but got no answer.
>
> So why kde-4.1.0 and kde-4.2.0 binaries are missing on FTP?
> And does kde4-4.2.0 work for anybody?
>
> Yuri
>
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release packages do not get upgraded you either have to go to pointyhat to
get newer packages or use a tinderbox to grab packages which kde does not
have unlike gnome. oruse-stablepackageswhich seems to not have a complete
kde4 built yet


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