From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Nov 26 20:55:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA10191 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 20:55:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from home.dragondata.com (home.dragondata.com [204.137.237.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA10183 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 20:55:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toasty@home.dragondata.com) Received: (from toasty@localhost) by home.dragondata.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id WAA24164; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:54:37 -0600 (CST) From: Kevin Day Message-Id: <199811270454.WAA24164@home.dragondata.com> Subject: Re: ports on 2.2.5 In-Reply-To: from Bill Fumerola at "Nov 26, 1998 10:31:40 pm" To: billf@chc-chimes.com (Bill Fumerola) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:54:36 -0600 (CST) Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Kevin Day wrote: > > > I grabbed the latest ports on a 2.2.5 machine and now i get: > > These two statements of yours contradict themselves inherently. > > "I grabbed the newest updates and tried to run them on old(er) software, > why doesn't that work?" > > Try updating your /usr/share/mk directory, first of all, but that's no > assurance it will work with 2.2.5, ports are tested in the -STABLE and > -CURRENT enviornment, not on old releases. Never mind, I missed the heads up saying i'd need: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/Latest/227upgrade.tgz (link is at www.freebsd.org) I got about 30 responses saying "Upgrade to 2.2.7, stupid!"... Isn't ports designed to still work no matter what version you have? (within reason?) Quoth the web page: If you are a 2.2.1-release user, please install the 2.2.1 to 2.2-stable upgrade kit; if you are a 2.2.2-release user, please install the 2.2.2 to 2.2-stable upgrade kit; if you are a 2.2.5-release user, please install the 2.2.5 to 2.2-stable upgrade kit; if you are a 2.2.6, 2.2.7 or 3.0-release user, please install the 2.2.7 to 2.2-stable upgrade kit. (These are FreeBSD packages; please use pkg_add to install them.) That should enable you to use all the ports listed here. Note that it will only change just enough files to enable ports/packages to be used; for a full upgrade to 2.2-stable, please refer to the synchronizing your source tree section of the handbook. A full upgrade is recommended, especially if you are still using 2.2.1-release or 2.2.2-release. Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message