From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 8 14:09:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 580E6106566B; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:09:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from kabab.cs.huji.ac.il (kabab.cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF80D8FC19; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:09:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pampa.cs.huji.ac.il ([132.65.80.32]) by kabab.cs.huji.ac.il with esmtp id 1Ml1NY-000CZ0-Kl; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:09:04 +0300 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Vincent Hoffman In-reply-to: <4AA64808.4030105@unsane.co.uk> References: <20090611194557.GC98175@bsdcrew.de> <991123400909060811u9bea4d9rdbf453dfaae7c185@mail.gmail.com> <20090906162544.GA39448@bsdcrew.de> <4AA64808.4030105@unsane.co.uk> Comments: In-reply-to Vincent Hoffman message dated "Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:03:20 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:09:04 +0300 From: Danny Braniss Message-ID: Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Call For Testing] VirtualBox for FreeBSD! take 6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:09:07 -0000 > Danny Braniss wrote: > > [...] > > > >>>> ok, so some time has passed, but virtualbox-2.2.51r20457.tar.gz is no > >>>> longer available, there is a > >>>> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/virtualbox-2.2.51r20457.tar.bz2 > >>>> then again in ports/emulatores/virtualbox the version is 3.0.51r22226, > >>>> > >>>> can someone please explain? > >>>> > > > > hi, the above was my question, which was totally ignored, not nice. > > I will try and refrase it: > > the call for testing is for a version (2.2.51r20457) which is not available, while > > the ports is 3.0.51r22226, so while I managed to compile it, it complains that COM > > is not running, all this under 8BETA-3, both under 32 and 64 bit. > > thnaks, > > danny > > > > > The call for testing went out on 11th june > (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-June/008061.html) > I can only assume it was considered tested and working as the port was > committed on 15th june > (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/emulators/virtualbox/Makefile?rev=1.1;content-type=text%2Fplain) > > Since then there have been 4 updates to the port. The last of which > updated it to 3.0.51r22226 on august 14th. > > I would say the call for testing is no longer valid, please use the > version in ports. thank you, and all those involved! danny