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    From Winston@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 4 12:15:03 2020
    Today, July 4:

    # pkg update
    [an update was found and processed; the number of packages has dropped
    from >32,000 to 31,309.]
    # pkg rquery %v firefox
    #
    [i.e., not found!]

    Anyone know if this is temporary or some actual, intentional decision?
    Thanks,
    -WBE

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  • From Felix Palmen@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 5 13:25:15 2020
    * Winston <wbe@ubeblock.psr.com.invalid>:
    # pkg rquery %v firefox
    #
    [i.e., not found!]

    Anyone know if this is temporary or some actual, intentional decision?

    Things like that happen from time to time when there are build failures
    on the official builders. You can find all the information via https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/

    For example, the latest build for 12.1/amd64 looks pretty broken, and
    firefox is one of the packages that failed to build: http://beefy2.nyi.freebsd.org/build.html?mastername=121amd64-quarterly&build=540953
    (this page is IIRC only reachable on IPv6)

    So, yes, this is temporary.

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  • From Bob Eager@21:1/5 to Winston on Sun Jul 5 11:24:55 2020
    On Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:15:03 -0400, Winston wrote:

    Today, July 4:

    # pkg update
    [an update was found and processed; the number of packages has dropped
    from >32,000 to 31,309.]
    # pkg rquery %v firefox #
    [i.e., not found!]

    Anyone know if this is temporary or some actual, intentional decision? Thanks,
    -WBE

    The quarterly build has just started. I suspect you are hitting it at a
    bad time. Try a few hours later!



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  • From John Levine@21:1/5 to Felix Palmen on Sun Jul 5 15:53:03 2020
    In article <9qp8tg-j0e1.ln1@mail.home.palmen-it.de>,
    Felix Palmen <felix@palmen-it.de> wrote:
    For example, the latest build for 12.1/amd64 looks pretty broken, and
    firefox is one of the packages that failed to build: >http://beefy2.nyi.freebsd.org/build.html?mastername=121amd64-quarterly&build=540953
    (this page is IIRC only reachable on IPv6)

    Firefox depends on 421 other ports. (Try make all-depends-list.)

    I'm amazed it ever builds at all.

    --
    Regards,
    John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
    Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly

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  • From Winston@21:1/5 to I previously posted and on Sun Jul 5 12:43:17 2020
    I previously posted and asked:
    Today, July 4:

    # pkg update
    [an update was found and processed; the number of packages has dropped
    from >32,000 to 31,309.]
    # pkg rquery %v firefox
    #
    [i.e., not found!]

    Anyone know if this is temporary or some actual, intentional decision?

    to which Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> kindly replied:
    The quarterly build has just started. I suspect you are hitting it at a
    bad time. Try a few hours later!

    OK. I tried pkg update again just now (July 5 16:30 Z), but no update
    since yesterday yet. I'll keep looking.
    -WBE

    (And thanks for reminding me that a quarterly update will be happening.
    I hope there will be an update for X11, too.)

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  • From Winston@21:1/5 to I previously posted and on Sun Jul 5 12:32:18 2020
    I previously posted and asked:
    # pkg rquery %v firefox
    #
    [i.e., not found!]

    Anyone know if this is temporary or some actual, intentional decision?

    to which felix@palmen-it.de (Felix Palmen) kindly replied:
    Things like that happen from time to time when there are build failures
    on the official builders.

    Ah, I see. OK.

    You can find all the information via https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/

    I went there and entered "firefox" in all three search boxes. All three categories changed to "No matching records found". Is there some
    conclusion I can draw from its non-presence in the lists?
    -WBE

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  • From Felix Palmen@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 5 22:27:34 2020
    * Winston <wbe@ubeblock.psr.com.invalid>:
    I went there and entered "firefox" in all three search boxes. All three categories changed to "No matching records found". Is there some
    conclusion I can draw from its non-presence in the lists?

    Nope, this is just an overview of all the builds on official build
    servers. To search for individual packages, you'll first have to locate
    the most recent build for the repository you're using in the section
    "package builds", e.g. ports "quarterly" and jail "121amd64" if you use
    the (preconfigured) quarterly repository for 12.1-RELEASE/amd64. There
    you can click that little "poudriere icon" (in the column "build") to
    get to the web interface of the builder. These builders will, as far as
    I remember, only be available on IPv6. On the page of the build itself,
    you can look for individual packages.

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  • From Winston@21:1/5 to kindly on Mon Jul 6 09:32:27 2020
    I previously posted that "pkg rquery %v firefox" found nothing.

    Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> kindly replied:
    The quarterly build has just started. I suspect you are hitting it at
    a bad time. Try a few hours later!

    It took a couple of days, but indeed: firefox reappeared in today's pkg repository.

    Thanks, everyone!
    -WBE

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