Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:28:01 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: taxman <taxman@acd.net> Cc: knu@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ports installation, maxima Message-ID: <20030328002801.GA17426@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200303261703.58415.taxman@acd.net> References: <200303262015.44964.otto@bernhardi.com> <200303261703.58415.taxman@acd.net>
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--zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 05:03:58PM -0500, taxman wrote: > On Wednesday 26 March 2003 02:15 pm, User &Otto Ernst Bernhardi wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for providing FreeBSD!! > > > > I downloaded the ports.tar.gz file from your site. > > > > While trying to install /usr/ports/math/Maxima from the ports collectio= n, I > > get the following problem. > > > > Distfiles not up-to-date or missing? Or, more likely, did I do something > > wrong?? >=20 > you need to update your ports tree to the latest. The newest ports tree = looks=20 > for new versions of the files and those are the only ones kept around on = the=20 > ftp servers. Read up on cvsup. You'll find you'll want to cvsup your po= rts=20 > tree fairly often. Once a week or so depending on your needs. >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html Actually I think this port is indeed broken, because it seems that knu updated it without making the new distfiles available anywhere. Kris --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+g5cRWry0BWjoQKURAqX/AKCNGyaDSS6jRolbo8KzKwNcWsZEzACgpAZ8 BqBJIq6puo1wF0TKvXi8tk8= =aeaT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx--
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