gnome2 in packages-7-stable

[bsd10]

Does anyone know why gnome2.tbz is not in ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-7-stable/Latest/ ? It's in 7-stable for i386 and in 8-stable for both architectures.

 

[zeiz]

What server/mirror do you use? gnome2.tbz is present in ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/.../amd64/packages-8-stable/Latest/
In general the devs may be rebuilding the package to update it, just try later.
Sometimes it's possible to find a package missing on the main server on //ftp.jp.freebsd.org/ and //ftpp.us.freebsd.org
Check the servers.

 

[bsd10]

What server/mirror do you use? gnome2.tbz is present in ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/.../amd64/packages-8-stable/Latest/
In general the devs may be rebuilding the package to update it, just try later.
Sometimes it's possible to find a package missing on the main server on //ftp.jp.freebsd.org/ and //ftpp.us.freebsd.org
Check the servers.

I'm back to ports now, but for what it's worth, the server is from 7-STABLE ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-7-stable/Latest/

 

[zeiz]

I noticed gnome2-lite is there now but it wasn't there yesterday. I believe they are building new metapackage.
I like use packages when they are of same version as in ports. So I face this situation quite often.Sometimes I choose to install gnome2-lite and then add gdm and others (as packages too) I want. I have currently such installation.