ports directories are broken again?

[Joe Rhett]

> On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:09:04AM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote:
> > neptune.sv$ pkg_add -r frontpage
> > Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/frontpage.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
 
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 12:29:29PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> frontpage has not been packaged for years because a dependency
> (compat3x) is forbidden for security reasons.  It looks like your
> expectations are broken here :)
 
I have no expecation other than that if the freebsd site indicates that a
package is available, that it should be there.  It provides a link to a
supposed package, which does not exist.

And your comment of "for years" makes no sense when applied to versions of
the OS which haven't existed for more than a few months.  (not that it
isn't true, but it certainly defies basic logic, no?)

I'm checking for a package for 5.3-release, which is only a few months old.
It indicates that a package exists, and provides a URL.  The URL fails
indicating the file isn't found.

	... and "my expectations are broken" ?

Can you really think of nothing else wrong here?

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Joe Rhett
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