Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:53:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net> To: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: question/rant: upgrade kit for 3.x ports?! Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0105091653300.8626-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET> In-Reply-To: <20010509135202.B17000@dell.dannyland.org>
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Make a package from the port, and install it on the boxes that can't build. What's the problem with doing it that way? -- [ Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org> ] [ http://srcsys.org ] [ xMach Core Team xMach: Proactively Unbloated Microkernel BSD ] [ Proud {Free,Net}BSD User; (Obj)C(++) Programmer ] [ http://xMach.org ] On Wed, 9 May 2001, dannyman wrote: > Does someone have the "upgrade your 3.x system so it can still use ports > package" available SOMEWHERE? > > Okay, so I can understand that 3.x "isn't supported" > > But no upgrade kit for the ports tree? When there USED to be? > > No old package repositories? > > What does a person do when they want to reinstall postfix on their 3.5-RELEASE > machine? "make world"?! AUGHGHG!!! > > I have a box that had a screwed up Postfix installation, so I deleted the > package, and went to ports to rebuild it, and it tells me I need an upgrade > kit, which I remember USED TO BE available, so HALF of my 3.x boxes can still > use ports, the other half can't. And now if I want to reinstall Postfix on > this machine I get to fetch and build the tarballs myself. > > Well, except that HALF of my 3.x machines can still use ports and build a > package for it. > > That sucks. > > Grrr. > > Thanks, > -danny > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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