From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 25 02:09:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BCEA16A420 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:09:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@rzweb.com) Received: from flabnapple.net (Flabnapple.Net [204.87.183.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB9043D60 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:09:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@rzweb.com) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (c-24-5-13-171.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.5.13.171]) (authenticated bits=0) by flabnapple.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jAP29WMt017052 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:09:33 -0800 Message-ID: <4386725C.8050708@rzweb.com> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:09:32 -0800 From: Ron User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Macintosh/20051025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <438657F1.7020102@rzweb.com> <20051125014355.GA34072@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20051125014355.GA34072@xor.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: mysql 5.0 on FreeBSD 5.3 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: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:09:42 -0000 > No, you can just compile it yourself using ports (although the ports > collection also doesn't support 5.3 any longer, most things will still > work). Using packages with pkg_add -r is an *alternative* to > compiling yourself using the ports system, and there's no point in > updating your ports collection if you're not going to use it. Is there a way to update to 5.4 that doesn't involve reinstalling? Everything I can find about it makes it seem like a very complex process. If someone can point me to some step-by-step docs, I would appreciate it. (Yes, I have looked all over the freebsd site, and I don't see anything that is plain and simple instructions). Thanks, Ron Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 04:16:49PM -0800, Ron wrote: >> I went to upgrade mysql from 4.1 to 5.0. I updated my ports (no problems), >> but when I ran: >> >> pkg_add -r mysql50-server >> >> I get: >> >> Error: FTP Unable to get >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/mysql50-server.tbz: File unavailable >> >> I looked at the ftp site, and there is a 5.4 directory, but not one for >> 5.3. >> So, I assume I need to upgrade to FreeBSD 5.4 before installing this port. >> Is that correct? > > No, you can just compile it yourself using ports (although the ports > collection also doesn't support 5.3 any longer, most things will still > work). Using packages with pkg_add -r is an *alternative* to > compiling yourself using the ports system, and there's no point in > updating your ports collection if you're not going to use it. > > Kris