pkg_add of CVSup errors when looking for dependencies

[Kris Kennaway]

On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 12:05:11AM -0800, Jose Borquez wrote:
> I am attempting to install the cvsup package I downloaded using pkg_add 
> -r cvsup-without-gui-16.1h_2.tbz, but I keep getting the following error:
> 
> Error: FTP Unable to get 
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.4-release/Latest/cvsup-without-gui-16.1h_2.tbz: 
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> pkg_add: unable to fetch 
> 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.4-release/Latest/cvsup-without-gui-16.1h_2.tbz' 
> by URL
> 
> It looks like the default link that cvsup attempts to look for 
> dependencies is incorrect.  How can I specify an alternate link for 
> cvsup to use?

No, your command was incorrect: you don't specify a version with
pkg_add -r, you just do pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui and it will give
you whatever version is in the package tree.

Kris
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