Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 14:43:00 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: not able to make ports Message-ID: <37013754.DC7E2C6C@math.missouri.edu> References: <199903301412.AA21609@bolero-x.rahul.net> <19990330101011.A49146@nuxi.com> <370116CE.C23FEB9B@math.missouri.edu> <19990330143611.A2546@elvis.mu.org>
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Yes, but I did. I did do a fresh make world, with the most recent sources, and it did not work. Paul Saab wrote: > > Yes.. do what the message says and it will work. > > paul > > Stephen Montgomery-Smith (stephen@math.missouri.edu) wrote: > > Today, whenever I tried to make a port, I got the message: > > > > Your system is too old to use this bsd.port.mk. You need a fresh make > > world or an upgrade kit. Please go to http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ or > > a mirror site and follow the instructions > > > > So I upgraded to today's stable, and it still didn't work. (I use CTM, > > I got up to src-3.0076 if that helps.) > > > > I finally traced it down to a missing file: /var/db/pkg/.mkversion, > > and by hand I inserted todays date: 19990330, and now it all works > > fine. > > > > But shouldn't this have been done automatically by some process? > > Did I miss something? > > > > -- > > > > Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu > > 307 Math Science Building stephen@showme.missouri.edu > > Department of Mathematics stephen@missouri.edu > > University of Missouri-Columbia > > Columbia, MO 65211 > > USA > > > > Phone (573) 882 4540 > > Fax (573) 882 1869 > > > > http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu 307 Math Science Building stephen@showme.missouri.edu Department of Mathematics stephen@missouri.edu University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 USA Phone (573) 882 4540 Fax (573) 882 1869 http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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