Cannot install linux_base-fc4 fetch fails ...

[Bill Blue]

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:56:46 -0700, Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>  
wrote:

> Hi there.
>
> I recently upgraded my server to FreeBSD 6.1 but cannot for the life of
> me get the linux_base emulator installed. All attempts to fetch the
> required files fail for some reason.
>
> -----START-----
> # cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc4
> # make install clean
> ===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
> => compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm doesn't seem to exist
> in /usr/ports/distfiles/rpm/i386/fedora/4.
> => Attempting to fetch from
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/.
> fetch:
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm:  
> Not Found
> => Attempting to fetch from
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/updates/4/i386/.
> fetch:
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/updates/4/i386/compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm:  
> Not Found
> => Attempting to fetch from
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/SRPMS/.
> fetch:
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/SRPMS/compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm:  
> Not Found
> => Attempting to fetch from
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/updates/4/SRPMS/.
> fetch:
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/updates/4/SRPMS/compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm:  
> Not Found
> => Attempting to fetch from
> ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/.
> fetch:
> ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm:  
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
>
> ... (many many similar lines follow)
>
> => Attempting to fetch from
> http://fedora.server4you.net/fedora/core/updates/4/SRPMS/.
> fetch:
> http://fedora.server4you.net/fedora/core/updates/4/SRPMS/compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm:  
> Not Found
> => Attempting to fetch from
> ftp://fedora.server4you.net/fedora/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/.
> fetch:
> ftp://fedora.server4you.net/fedora/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm:  
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> => Attempting to fetch from
> ftp://fedora.server4you.net/fedora/core/updates/4/i386/.
> fetch:
> ftp://fedora.server4you.net/fedora/core/updates/4/i386/compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm:  
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> => Attempting to fetch from
> ftp://fedora.server4you.net/fedora/core/4/SRPMS/.
> fetch:
> ftp://fedora.server4you.net/fedora/core/4/SRPMS/compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm:  
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> => Attempting to fetch from
> ftp://fedora.server4you.net/fedora/core/updates/4/SRPMS/.
> fetch:
> ftp://fedora.server4you.net/fedora/core/updates/4/SRPMS/compat-db-4.2.52-2.FC4.i386.rpm:  
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> => Attempting to fetch from
> http://fedora.mirrored.ca/fedora/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/.
> ^Cfetch: transfer interrupted
>
> -----END-----
>
> Can anyone out there please help me?cd
>
> Thanks alot in advance.

Just let it keep going.  Eventually (much further than when you ^C'd) it  
will get to a site that has the files.  I went through exactly this about  
a week ago and did the same thing initially.

--Bill