From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 13 17:15:17 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 17:15:14 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.cybersurf.net (smtp2.cybersurf.net [209.197.145.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA6CD37B404 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:15:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from [209.197.154.46] ([209.197.154.46]) by smtp2.cybersurf.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id G5JA5700.3M6 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:15:07 -0700 From: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:17:01 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Which site still has 3.3R? Reply-To: 01031149@3web.net Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.50 Message-Id: <20001214011513.CA6CD37B404@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 12 Dec 00 at 18:02, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >* Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> [001212 16:29] wrote: >> Hi... >> >> I'm running 3.3R and want to fetch Samba. Can I use 3.4R/packages/Samba or >> do I -have- go use the 3.3R-specific Samba package? If so, anybody know >> which site still carries 3.3R? For the little that I'm doing with FBSD, >> 3.3R is "good enough", so -no- I don't want/intend to upgrade, unless I >> absolutely have to. Tia.... > >I would try to use cvsup to get a recent copy of the ports collection >and compile samba from the ports. > >The handbook explains how to do it. > >-- >-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] >"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." On 12 Dec 00 at 16:32, Philip Hallstrom wrote: >I think the way to do it is to upgrade your ports system (see the ports >page... it's like 3.3-ports-package.tgz or something). > >then use cvs to get all the new port shells and then fetch samba. > >-philip Thanks guys! I don't rightly know if I -can- do what you suggest, as I originally did a minimal install ( DLed everything but X stuff and packages and some other non-essential stuff ). What do I need in my installation to pull off the cvs etc.? I know that I have gcc et al . -duke Calgary,Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message