Re: Unable to git clone ports collection

From: Paul M Foster <paulf_at_quillandmouse.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:40:56 UTC
On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 02:46:03AM -0500, Karl Vogel wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 01:15:26AM -0500, Paul M Foster wrote:
> 
> > I'm following the docs at docs.freebsd.org. There's a line which dictates:
> > git clone https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git /usr/ports
> > This results in a redirection error.
> 
>   Try doing it in two steps: download to a scratch directory, then copy
>   to /usr/ports.  Fair warning -- it might take a bit of time:
> 
>     me% mkdir /tmp/ports
>     me% cd /tmp/ports
> 
>     me% git clone https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git
>         Cloning into 'ports'...
>         remote: Enumerating objects: 6084351, done.
>         remote: Counting objects: 100% (962/962), done.
>         remote: Compressing objects: 100% (144/144), done.
>         Receiving objects:   0% (40191/6084351), 12.20 MiB | 627.00 KiB/s
>         ...
> 

Nope. That didn't work. Same error.

Paul

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