From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Aug 21 18: 0:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp11.bellglobal.com (smtp11.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24809154CE for ; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 18:00:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: from ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com (Hamilton-ppp44818.sympatico.ca [206.172.76.11]) by smtp11.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA19169; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:03:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id VAA40972; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:02:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:02:25 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Doug Cc: Mike Steinfeld , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports not working after downgrade Message-ID: <19990821210225.B40893@ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com> Reply-To: hoek@freebsd.org References: <37BF4E59.FFC5AAE4@freebsdbox.com> <37BF487F.3324216A@gorean.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <37BF487F.3324216A@gorean.org>; from Doug on Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 05:46:55PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 05:46:55PM -0700, Doug wrote: > > > > " Your system is too old to use this bsd.port.mk. You need a fresh make > > world or an upgrade kit. Please go to http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/ or a > > mirror site and follow the instructions. " > > Hmmm... I'd blow away /usr/ports/Mk/* and re-cvsup. If that doesn't work, > I'd delete /usr/ports/* and try again. :) Don't do that. The file causing problems is either /var/db/port.mkversion or /var/db/pkg/.mkversion. I don't know why they would be missing/wrong. At the very worst, you may need to remove Mk/bsd.port.mk, but that's fairly unlikely. -- This is my .signature which gets appended to the end of my messages. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message