From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 2 08:23:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB311065672 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:23:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ogreve@millennics.com) Received: from smtpq1.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq1.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.34.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A6968FC1F for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.34.148] (helo=smtp16.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq1.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Puh0X-0003zu-Ef; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:02:05 +0100 Received: from [89.146.25.44] (helo=olaf-greves-macbook-pro-3.fritz.box) by smtp16.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Puh0U-0006Vw-BV; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:02:02 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Olaf Greve In-Reply-To: <20110301122736.19a72d13@bhuda.mired.org> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:01:30 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20110301122736.19a72d13@bhuda.mired.org> To: Mike Meyer X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) X-Authenticated-Sender: ogreve@ziggo.nl (via SMTP) X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-ID: 1Puh0U-0006Vw-BV X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-SpamCheck: geen spam, SpamAssassin (niet cached, score=-0.2, vereist 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.00, BAYES_50 0.80) X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-From: ogreve@millennics.com X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems building Mysql55-server port (no suitable checksum found) X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:23:00 -0000 Hi Mike, Thanks for your excellent reply! >You got it with the last one. Your system is too outdated to run a >current ports tree. FeeBSD 5.4 was EOL'd in 2006, and 5.5 in 2008. >You'll should probably update to a supported version of FreeBSD >(meaning *at least* 7.3). Alternatively, try checking out a five-year >old copy of the ports tree and building with that - but that's *still* >unsupported software. Aye, I hear you! No, I'm not going to 'patch it in place' using an old = ports tree. There's nothing of vital importance on the machine, so I can = either go two ways: 1) Upgrade the system. 2) Do a clean install. Nr. 2 is of course a (for me) proven route to success, but how about = upgrading everything: is that easier to do? I presently have a custom = kernel on that machine which was back then necessary for supporting the = DVD burner and (IIRC) the Adaptec 2200s SCSI RAID controller. When doing = a clean install I'll probably have to take the machine out of the server = rack and do all this stuff from home; incl. some nasty sendmail daemon = splitting etc.=20 If a good update mechanism exists that leaves my Sendmail, SVN, Trac, = and some other installations in place, that could be preferrable... Do you know if there are any good guides for this, or is this perhaps a = route that I'd better not take? Thanks again and cheers! Olafo=