From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Feb 7 12: 9:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mumble.foobie.net (adsl-216-103-105-178.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [216.103.105.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E13337B67D; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:09:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from invincible ([64.240.169.163]) by mumble.foobie.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f17K9B380091; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:09:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sbeitzel@pobox.com) From: "Stephen Beitzel" To: "Kris Kennaway" Cc: , Subject: RE: Missing makefiles in ports Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:09:10 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20010207104610.A29363@mollari.cthul.hu> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kris Kennaway > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 10:46 AM > To: Nevermind > Cc: Lisa Goulet; 'kstewart@urx.com'; freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; > doc@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Missing makefiles in ports > [...] > > Go to http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ and download an upgrade kit. > > This is bad advice which people keep handing out. > > There are two error messages which people commonly get from ports: > > Your port uses an old layout: > - there are out of date files in the port directory > - If you are updating using cvs, use the '-D' flag to tell it to > remove old empty directories > - If you are updating with cvsup, see the cvsup FAQ on > www.polstra.com Q11, 12, 13. I just encountered another situation in which this message appears: - the partition which houses your ports tree doesn't have enough space The solution for me was to move /usr/ports over to another partition with lots of space and then create a symbolic link to the new location (since many, if not all, makefiles refer to /usr/ports). I hope this helps someone! Stephen Beitzel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message