Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:43:56 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ron <lists@rzweb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql 5.0 on FreeBSD 5.3 Message-ID: <20051125014355.GA34072@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <438657F1.7020102@rzweb.com> References: <438657F1.7020102@rzweb.com>
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--BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 04:16:49PM -0800, Ron wrote: > I went to upgrade mysql from 4.1 to 5.0. I updated my ports (no problems= ),=20 > but when I ran: >=20 > pkg_add -r mysql50-server >=20 > I get: >=20 > Error: FTP Unable to get=20 > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/= mysql50-server.tbz: File unavailable >=20 > I looked at the ftp site, and there is a 5.4 directory, but not one for= =20 > 5.3. =20 > So, I assume I need to upgrade to FreeBSD 5.4 before installing this port= . =20 > Is that correct? No, you can just compile it yourself using ports (although the ports collection also doesn't support 5.3 any longer, most things will still work). Using packages with pkg_add -r is an *alternative* to compiling yourself using the ports system, and there's no point in updating your ports collection if you're not going to use it. Kris --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDhmxbWry0BWjoQKURAv0oAKCJOUgFn1pOBnrLCKfLYPtmHNkFuwCeJwSi dgxW8kC+66gUgEblXkaMmf4= =n+rC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3--
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