Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:54:49 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: D G Teed <donald.teed@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports and freebsd 4.11 Message-ID: <20070329185449.GA72278@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <dd4da0390703290747w8cf0ec2pd8777ce6e8fe9976@mail.gmail.com> References: <dd4da0390703290747w8cf0ec2pd8777ce6e8fe9976@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:47:12AM -0300, D G Teed wrote: > Question: I read this in /usr/ports/UPDATE: > > 20070205: > AFFECTS: all users of FreeBSD 4.X > AUTHOR: portmgr@FreeBSD.org > > The remnants of FreeBSD 4.X support have been removed from bsd.port.mk. > Any remaining users should _not_ get this or any subsequent updates. > > Then I found this announcement: > > http://www.freebsd.org/portmgr/policies_releng_4.html > > What does that boil down to in end user English? > I can't build things in ports if I'm running 4.11, or that > I should never try to update packages from ports in 4.11? The former. Kris
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