Re: Why do packages disappear?

From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 21:04:59 UTC 
On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 12:42 PM Richard Childers <
childers@redwoodhodling.com> wrote:

> When I say 'disappear', I mean this:
>
> root@metatron:~ # date
> Tue Nov 21 12:41:35 PST 2023
>
> root@metatron:~ # ls -d /usr/ports/*/*google*chrom*
> /usr/ports/www/ungoogled-chromium
>
> root@metatron:~ # pkg search ungoogled-chromium
> root@metatron:~ #
>

You don't mention which version of FreeBSD you are using, or which branch
of the ports tree you're following.

I can see it just fine on my systems.

[fcash@betadrive  ~]$ date
Tue Nov 21 13:03:14 PST 2023

[fcash@betadrive  ~]$ sudo  pkg update
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
Fetching packagesite.pkg: 100%    7 MiB   7.2MB/s    00:01
Processing entries: 100%
FreeBSD repository update completed. 34086 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.

[fcash@betadrive  ~]$ pkg search chromium
chromium-119.0.6045.159        Google web browser based on WebKit
chromium-bsu-0.9.16.1_2        Arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter
ungoogled-chromium-119.0.6045.123 Google web browser based on WebKit sans
integration with Google

[fcash@betadrive  ~]$ freebsd-version -ku
13.2-RELEASE
13.2-RELEASE

Tracking quarterly package tree (from /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf)
FreeBSD: {
  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/quarterly",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}


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Freddie Cash
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