From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 27 04:16:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4544F16A415 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:16:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AFBF43D6A for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:16:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id k9R4GZjE010832 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:16:35 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.101] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id k9R4GYZA020331 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:16:34 -0700 Message-ID: <45418820.9040908@u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:16:32 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060929) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20061027000754.86183.qmail@web58305.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com> In-Reply-To: <200610262236.46586.lane@joeandlane.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.266434, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.10.26.210433 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_2_BODY 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __LINES_OF_YELLING 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Ports collection issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:16:36 -0000 -----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-----