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On 2004-11-03, at 19.22, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 07:12:19PM +0100, G?nther Dippe wrote:
>> On 2004-11-03, at 18.31, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 06:14:48PM +0100, G?nther Dippe wrote:
>>>> On 2004-11-03, at 17.37, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 02:58:10PM +0100, G?nther Dippe wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I downloaded a fresh ports.tar.gz and unpacked it (FreeBSD 5.1).
>>>>>
>>>>>> ****************************************************************** 
>>>>>> **
>>>>>> Before reporting this error....
>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>> Er, and what did the <snip> say?  Error messages are there for a
>>>>> reason, you'd do well to read them!
>>>>>
>>>>> Kris
>>>>
>>>> Hi Kris, hi all,
>>>> The snipped info was only a general note what I should do before
>>>> reporting an error (any kind of error).
>>>
>>> Yes, so why didn't you follow the directions?
>>>
>>> Kris
>>
>> I'm not sure I understand. From what I see I do have a supported
>> version of FreeBSD (5.1)
>> and the ports collection was fresh. I should check that before
>> reporting an error (according
>> to the snipped text).
>
> If you followed the URL in the error you'd learn that it's not in fact
> a supported release by the ports collection.
>
> Kris

No I don't since I followed the url and checked it before posting it.
It worked two weeks ago when I last did exactly the same thing on
this system. From what I can tell it hasn't changed. Could you please
point me to the information I missed?
Cheers