Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 07:48:38 -0700 From: chip.wiegand@simrad.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: pkg_add upgrade kit fails to install Message-ID: <OFDC2BD8D1.8EBA40F1-ON88256AB7.00508BD8@simrad.no>
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I was about to install from the ports reportmagic and analog when I got an
error:
reportmagic-2.10 : Your system is too old to use this bsd.port.mk. You need a
fresh make world or an upgrade kit.
So I ran cvsup and updated my ports - but still got the same error. I then visited the
fbsd web site and discovered I probably need the 4.2 to 4-STABLE upgrade kit.
I downloaded it to /usr/ports/distfiles and ran pkg_add and got this message:
simrad_4# pkg_add 42upgrade.tgz
./+INSTALL: cannot create /var/db/port.mkversion: directory nonexistent
pkg_add: install script returned error status
I am using FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Nov 20 13:02:55 GMT 2000.
Do I need to do a make world? I've not done that before, and this is a production
box, so I'm a bit unsure about doing that.
Any suggestions?
--
Chip Wiegand
Computer Services
www.simradusa.com
chip.wiegand@simrad.com
Simrad, Inc
Lynnwood, WA
425-712-1138
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
--Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,
1977
(-- Then why do I have nine? Somebody help me!)
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