Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:38:15 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: port questions (why do I find myself fudging symlinks to make stuff work?) Message-ID: <20040401013815.GA59537@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <48468E86-8374-11D8-B5EE-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com> References: <1D4AE2AB-820A-11D8-802A-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com> <20040330090117.GA29759@xor.obsecurity.org> <8F7546F2-8361-11D8-B5EE-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com> <20040331232837.GA57846@xor.obsecurity.org> <A51989C0-8372-11D8-B5EE-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com> <20040401002936.GB58778@xor.obsecurity.org> <48468E86-8374-11D8-B5EE-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com>
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--x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 04:34:05PM -0800, paul beard wrote: >=20 > On Mar 31, 2004, at 4:29 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > >You're not doing it right, then :-) > > > >Use portupgrade with the -PP switch to force the use of packages. > > >=20 > What if there isn't a package for a given port? I wasn't aware there=20 > were packages (though I suppose for an ancient release like 4.9 there=20 > might be). Well, then you can't use it :) There are certainly up-to-date packages for the basic ports like expat that you're having problems with. Kris --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAa3KHWry0BWjoQKURAma1AKDdZK/fRkDyfHRswgsdRSn4M3u+WwCgpV6J BQv1lE9CD2bXmdBlsP4llZE= =mmwz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn--
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