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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.cfa.org!chi-news.cic.net!news.wctc.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Pkg_add fails on 1026 SNAP References: <479d33$mih@shore.shore.net> <47au7o$c1l@helena.MT.net> Organization: Mordor International Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 20:00:10 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-ID: <DHFM8A.3Cv@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 24 Nate Williams (nate@trout.sri.MT.net) wrote: : In article <479d33$mih@shore.shore.net>, <witr@spooky.rwwa.com> wrote: : >Is it me or the software? Every pkg I try to install fails...: : The last 3 SNAPS had broken pkg tools, although re-building them from : the sources caused them to work fine. Hopefully it'll get fixed in the : release. Per another user's suggestion, I tried: pkg_add package.tgz and it worked. For what it's worth, this isn't documented well in the FAQ and would make a nice addition in the Miscellaneous section. Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451