Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 14:21:24 -0800 (PST) From: Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org> To: C J Michaels <cjm2@earthling.net> Cc: Kiril Mitev <kiril@ideaglobal.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "your system is too old" ?? Message-ID: <200003102221.OAA14083@cytosine.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <NDBBILKDCLLECBCLPMBIGEANCAAA.cjm2@earthling.net> from C J Michaels at "Mar 10, 2000 01:18:33 pm"
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Actually, you need to upgrade your "bsd.port.mk" As it says in the error. so, go to: http://www.freebsd.org/ports Get the file for your specific upgrade, the do: # pkg_add filedownloaded.tar.gz Hope this helps. --bhishan [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > Who are you building the port as? a regular user or as root? > > If not as root, try building it as root, because I had this exact same > problem when I ran mergemaster with a umask of 0077. There is a file in > /etc that make needs to be able to read, I can't remember the exact name at > the moment. It contains the current version number of your FreeBSD. Maybe > someone else on the list knows which file it is. > > Actually, if this is the case, the access denied error should proceed the > error you sent us in the e-mail. > > In any case, if you make this file world readable again (644) your problem > should go away. > > -Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kiril Mitev > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 11:52 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: "your system is too old" ?? > > > Hello All > > > I was trying to build a port and this is what I got: > > "Your system is too old to use this bsd.port.mk. You need > a fresh make world or an upgrade kit. Please go to > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/ or a mirror site and > follow the instructions. " > > fwiw, i did a buildworld/installworld end of Jan or so ... > uname output: > > FreeBSD loki.ideaglobal.com 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE > #0: Tue Jan 18 19:26:29 GMT 2000 > root@loki.ideaglobal.com:/usr/build/src/sys/compile/LOKI i386 > > So, does that really mean that I need a new buildworld, or does > that mean I messed up the one I did ? > > > > TIA, plz cc: me on any replies > > -- > Kiril Mitev, IT Operations Mgr, London > IDEAglobal.com > Standard Corporate Disclaimer applies, see > http://www.ideaglobal.com/email-disclaimer.html > for details. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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