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Date:      Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:45:39 -0900
From:      Beech Rintoul <beech@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        krion@freebsd.org, Dave Stegner <dstegner@earthlink.net>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port: exim-4.69_2
Message-ID:  <200812152245.39924.beech@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200812152215.52640.beech@alaskaparadise.com>
References:  <000501c95f49$b69db550$69dea8c0@xws001> <200812152215.52640.beech@alaskaparadise.com>

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On Monday 15 December 2008 22:15:52 Beech Rintoul wrote:
> On Monday 15 December 2008 21:44:14 Dave Stegner wrote:
> > Am working with Exim, started a few months ago.  I have 4.69 port.
> >
> > This evening I wanted to see if there was a newer version available.
> >
> > Still at 4.69, but changes say Makefile was updated 3 days ago to 1.240.
> >
> > I downloaded from webpage and examined files, specifically Makefile.
> > It is still the old version, 1.237.
> >
> > I searched ftp site for exim-4.69_2, but could only find exim-4.69_1.
> >
> >
> > Where have I gone wrong or how am I reading the info given wrong or is
> > something else wrong???
>
> The new version is in the ports tree. Read the handbook on updating and use
> portsnap, portupgrade, or one of the other port utilities to update your
> tree, then build it yourself. If you're using binaries, you may have to
> wait a couple of weeks for the new package to show up in ftp. Packages are
> built on a continuing basis, but lag the tree by weeks sometimes.
>
> Beech

Sorry, I meant to say use portsnap, or csup to update your tree. Then use 
portupgrade or one of the other utilities to update your ports.

Beech
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