Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:16:32 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports collection issue Message-ID: <45418820.9040908@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com> References: <20061027000754.86183.qmail@web58305.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lane wrote: > On Thursday 26 October 2006 19:07, Rik Davis wrote: >> Guys, >> >> I'm a die hard freebsd user, but I am finding myself becomeing quite >> frustrated with why you completely pulled the 5.4 ports collection off of >> your ftp sites. >> >> When I try to use my /stand/sysinstall now and attempt to connect to you >> ftp server, I ge the error that it cannot locate the 5.4-RELEASE packages. >> Why would you remove a collection that is still in such high demand by >> those of us that have yet to upgrade our binaries to a later version? >> >> I depend on that being there, but this is not leaving a very pleasant >> taste in my mouth. Also, this is not the first time I have seen you do >> this. What am I supposed to do now that I no longer have access to those >> packages? >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Adrian Brooks >> >> > Adrian, > > Use /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui and create a cvsupfile. You can then > selectively install src-all, src-contrib, ports-all and any of the various > ports sub-trees that you need (but stick with ports-all). > > cvsup will get the proper Makefiles and whatnot for you. > > Email me if you need help setting that up. > > lane Adrian, Please note the fact that a lot of software distributors, regardless of whether you pay for the product or not, have a limited set of supported versions of their software for a reason. In this case FreeBSD did phase out their old versions of software for a reason, and that was supportability and space as Kris mentioned. So, please upgrade to the latest version of your major version fork (5.5 I believe). That is all. - -Garrett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFQYgg6CkrZkzMC68RAg61AJ4n0Xly1rzorhV1aBe2/lyoSGUeAACfcdou rycJyS0SfUh/1RmvOhPGyjY= =+fPm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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