From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 13 19: 4:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from irv1-mail2.intelenet.net (irv1-mail2.intelenet.net [204.182.160.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DFE437B502 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:04:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from boris.intelenet.net (davidhs@boris.intelenet.net [207.38.65.11]) by irv1-mail2.intelenet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA10715 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:04:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200010140204.TAA10715@irv1-mail2.intelenet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: newer ports on older FreeBSD? Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:04:24 -0700 From: David Harnick-Shapiro Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG With increasing frequency, I find that when I try to make something under /usr/ports, the source file tarchive isn't even available out there anymore. I'm running 3.4-RELEASE (hey, it seemed the most stable choice back when I installed it :-} ). I tried to update my whole /usr/ports tree (my first and only attempt to cvsup something), but that broke everything -- I think the included files (like "bsd.port.mk") are too different? My first question: was there, in fact, a major reconfiguration of the ports system since the days of 3.4-RELEASE? The real question: what's the cleanest/easiest/best way to upgrade my /usr/ports? (short of re-installing a newer OS, which I'm sure would do it, but seems a little excessive :-) Thanks in advance! -------- David Harnick-Shapiro To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message