Of course it's not 2.30 if you are on 8.0-RELEASE. 8.1 - is around the corner, maybe try 8-STABLE? The latest snapshot is in ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201005/
Well, what is the output of this command:
To get 2.30 when on RELEASE(for csh):
This works till first reboot then must be set again.
I noticed a kind of mess on TW mirrors: main one has gnome2-2.22, another is empty (ftp.tw6)
You'd rather check "manually" what is present on a mirror before install.
Also Japanese servers are good even from here and must be very fast for you.
Well, what is the output of this command:
# $PACKAGESITE
?To get 2.30 when on RELEASE(for csh):
# setenv PACKAGESITE [url]ftp://ftp.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8-stable/Latest/[/url]
This works till first reboot then must be set again.
I noticed a kind of mess on TW mirrors: main one has gnome2-2.22, another is empty (ftp.tw6)
You'd rather check "manually" what is present on a mirror before install.
Also Japanese servers are good even from here and must be very fast for you.