From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 15:16:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B35A537B401 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:16:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-135.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E845F43FD7 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:16:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.5]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C567166BE5; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:16:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 99EF5C10; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:16:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:16:41 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Leonardo Lazarte Message-ID: <20030725221641.GB7911@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20030725135522.G29917-100000@mx1.mat.unb.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4bRzO86E/ozDv8r1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030725135522.G29917-100000@mx1.mat.unb.br> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Announce Broken Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 22:16:43 -0000 --4bRzO86E/ozDv8r1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 02:00:07PM -0300, Leonardo Lazarte wrote: >=20 > As seen in several messages to this and other lists, the PORTS > mecanism has been broken. >=20 > I have read about some patches and possible solutions, but I > could not find an easy way to overcome the problem. >=20 > Shouldn't it be announced clearly, on the FreeBSD site, that > there is a problem with PORTS, perhaps pointing to some > temporary solution, until the problem is solved? It is announced clearly on the FreeBSD website that old FreeBSD releases are unsupported. http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ > I have used FreeBSD for a decade, and it is the first time > that I have to change the OS version due to problems broght > from the distributions. You've been fortunate, but if your claim is true (the FreeBSD project has existed for 10 years and 3 weeks, so you must have been one of the very first users), then you've presumably got the skills to cope. Kris --4bRzO86E/ozDv8r1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/IaxJWry0BWjoQKURAiuiAJ9Eco1EHxa1AxT9rwqEhZkAwQ5ffgCeMGy4 a/SUoJJf/GWVTCjlPqr7TyU= =hmxN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4bRzO86E/ozDv8r1--