Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 23:59:47 +0800 From: "Young Sweet and Innocent" <youngsweetinnocent@gmail.com> To: "Matthias Andree" <matthias.andree@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsnap on FreeBSD 4.6.2--snapshot corrupt Message-ID: <3cc672970605060859n3163df74t7f03746906165c86@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <445A1A64.3020302@gmx.de> References: <3cc672970605022054h3eb80bffyc12743a83ba880b7@mail.gmail.com> <445A1A64.3020302@gmx.de>
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On 5/4/06, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote: > Young Sweet and Innocent wrote: > > I am trying to use portsnap for the first time and have a "snapshot > > corrupt" error: > > > > 1. Installed portsnap as > > #pkg_add -r portsnap > > > > 2. Copied sample config file to config file > > > > 3. Run portsnap as follows and receive the error message shown. > > --begin > > mail# portsnap fetch > > Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. > > Is your DNS (resolver) working properly? > > If your system really is FreeBSD 4.6.2, you may need to upgrade to 4.11 > first, or if you are ready for a major change, upgrade to 6.1 (which has = not > yet been released, but will be before too long). FreeBSD 4.6.2 is totally > unsupported, and ports support for 4.11 is somewhat limited in that not a= ll > ports work properly on 4.11 and many port maintainers will run newer syst= ems. > > Hope that helps, > Matthias Andree Thank-you! 1. Yup, DNS works (I can ping and nslookup portsnap.freebsd.org). 2. Yeah, I've been thinking of doing the upgrade. We just use the box as a mailserver for a very few people (like five of us) and really never took the time--or made the effort--to do an upgrade. Sigh...I guess it's that time! Kind regards, Greg Chiu
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