Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:07:57 -0400 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Gnome ports puzzlemnet Message-ID: <20040407150757.GA23035@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <1081287363.810.4.camel@gyros> References: <20040406194134.GA25696@teddy.fas.com> <1081287363.810.4.camel@gyros>
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On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 05:36:03PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 15:41, stan wrote: > > I cvsup'd the ports tree on one of my machines today, and was trying to > > build a Gnome related port. I recived a warning message pointing to: > > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/develfaq.html > > > > And saying that failure to follow the instructions there would result in > > brekage of my Gnome apps. > > > > What puizzles me, si that this page sesm to be about updating to the > > development version of Gnome, I want to stay with the stable version. The > > machine is at 4.9 STABLE. > > > > What don't I understand here? > > You should always read /usr/ports/UPDATING before doing any operation on > your installed ports. > Got it. Just looked at that, and I see where to go. Thanks. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
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