From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 09:55:57 2006 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 D88B816A4DE for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 09:55:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2678F43D55 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 09:55:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s16so2204444wxc for ; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:55:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.51.17 with SMTP id y17mr9521127wxy; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:55:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net ( [67.189.184.224]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id i15sm1492593wxd.2006.09.05.02.55.54; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A67CEBC10; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 05:55:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (boss.seibercom.net [192.168.0.4]) (Authenticated sender: gerard@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EEB8B8D6; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 05:55:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:56:03 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: Seibercom In-Reply-To: <92987145@srv.sem.ipt.ru> References: <20060904214442.GA12343@teddy.fas.com> <92987145@srv.sem.ipt.ru> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060905054524.1AF7.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.25 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: Boris Samorodov Subject: Re: portmanager port upgrade question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:55:57 -0000 Boris Samorodov wrote: > > Can anyon tell me why this port is marked ignore? Has it been superseeded? > > You may consider reading /usr/ports/UPDATING. > > BTW, it's the right file to read from time to time and especially if > you have questions about the port system. ;-) The info you are searching for is in the file under the: 20060616 date tag. Personally, why a new source was not created so that anyone downloading FreeBSD, and conversely not familiar with its workings, would not have to go through this rigmarole is beyond me. If they wanted to keep a clearly obsolete version around for what ever reason it should have been so marked as such. For someone doing a fresh install, there is no reason to go this route, IMHO. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net