From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 4 17:33:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA0B71065673 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from aegis.hamla.org (aegis.hamla.org [206.251.255.39]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F8048FC1A for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aegis.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59A955C1E; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:33:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at aegis.hamla.org Received: from aegis.hamla.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (aegis.hamla.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id JbHXEysmbGNg; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:33:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:33:29 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: David Robillard Message-ID: <20080704173329.GC1466@shepherd> Mail-Followup-To: David Robillard , FBSD , FreeBSD Questions References: <226ae0c60807040828l1f4c3f33qa35d31f51c7fe4cb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <226ae0c60807040828l1f4c3f33qa35d31f51c7fe4cb@mail.gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Amanda port update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:33:33 -0000 David Robillard wrote: > > I need to install the current version of Amanda (misc/amanda-client and > > misc/amanda-server) and would like to install from the ports collection. > > However the port maintainer has not updated Amanda in quite some time. Can > > someone give me some advice on how to roll my own ports install from the > > source tarball? Thanks. > > Did you try to contact the port maintainer? You probably want to check > with him/her before you update the port no? > > In any case, it's a good idea to update the port because we're going > to need it here too! It's nice to contact the maintainer to ensure you don't duplicate efforts. But no need to ask permission to create an update patch. :) -- Sahil Tandon