Fetch

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 12:36:13PM +0100, G. Felter wrote:
> On Thu, 26 May 2005 13:18:48 +0200, Fabian Keil wrote
> > "Grant Peel" <gpeel at thenetnow.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I recently installed 5.2.1 Release on a nice new box. everything works 
> > > except I cant Fetch any port.
> > > 
> > > "Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> > > >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again."
> > > 
> > > Getting this message on almost every port.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> 
> I could be wrong but I'm almost sure the packages arent available for a
> release like 5.2.1 sometime after the next version is released like 5.3  I
> think you have to use ports.  I think I ran into that with a 5.2.1 box I had.

You are partly correct (except they're still available on some
mirrors), but he *is* using ports.

Kris
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