From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 13 00:20:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50BFA1065670 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:20:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnewman@networktest.com) Received: from mail.networktest.com (mail.networktest.com [216.240.60.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E1BC8FC14 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:20:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnewman@networktest.com) Received: by mail.networktest.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id D934978C92; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:20:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on mail.networktest.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from levi.local (cpe-76-83-4-217.socal.res.rr.com [76.83.4.217]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.networktest.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 23CB278C8C for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:20:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48794A4C.8060607@networktest.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:20:28 -0700 From: David Newman Organization: Network Test Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <48793A21.6050601@onthenet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <48793A21.6050601@onthenet.com.au> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: upgrading a 6.3 box using portsnap and freebsd-update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:20:31 -0000 On 7/12/08 4:11 PM, David wrote: > So, and this worked for me, delete everything in the freebsd-update db > directory, /var/db/freebsd-update. > It does involve re-downloading a lot of stuff. In hindsight, move the > sub-directory "files" else where and then re-populate once it is working. That didn't work for me. But editing /etc/freebsd-update.conf to change 'update.FreeBSD.org' to 'update1.freebsd.org' did the trick. Thanks for your response! dn