Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:31:24 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Joachim Dagerot <jd@dagerot.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Messed up my ports - "Can't find the `5.1-RELEASE' distribution on this FTP server." Message-ID: <420BE0BC.20505@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <200502101514.j1AFEWtm031883@mail-core.space2u.com> References: <200502101514.j1AFEWtm031883@mail-core.space2u.com>
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Joachim Dagerot wrote: >I have probably done something sometime on my 2 year+ server installation that wrecked my port installation. > >Whenever I try to install a port I get the "Can't find the `5.1-RELEASE' distribution on this FTP server." the same goes with "sysinstall -> configure -> Distributions" I have tried multiple servers including the main. With the same result. > >I really don't know what to do. Any help is appreciated! > > > You probably didn't do anything. FreeBSD 5.1 is quite a bit past EOL. See www.freebsd.org/security/. Note that 5.1 is no longer on the list. Updgrade the system; then it won't be looking for non-existent 3rd party software any longer. You should probably ask again to see if you can go straight to 5.3 from 5.1, or upgrade to 5.2.1 first and then 5.3. I'm not sure, myself. Kevin Kinsey
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