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To: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>
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	Michael Collette <metrol@earthlink.net>, ports <ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Ports vs. Source updating
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[Trevor Johnson]
> If he installs
> ftp://releng4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/4.2-20010125-STABLE/ports/ports.tgz
> and
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/Latest/41upgrade.tgz
> and does:

> 	# echo 20001103 > /var/db/port.mkversion

> will it work without an update to 4-STABLE?

Considering that the 41upgrade.tgz writes a more recent date to
port.mkversion, this last step shouldn't really be necessary, should
it?

As for the problem of getting the installation up to -STABLE, the make
command will actually complain and say: ``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.''

This message actually tells you what to do.  The only gripe I have
about it is that it might be better to mention the upgrade kit option
_before_ make world.  Running the upgrade kit is after all
considerably easier and less time consuming than a make world, and to
make this even cleared one might consider to put ``or a fresh make
world'' in parantheses.  (And of course, someone should point out on
the referenced web page that the 4.1 upgrade kit also works for
4.2-RELEASE).

	eSk


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