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Date:      Wed, 26 Sep 2001 22:29:00 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Ben Luey <lueyb@gridley.ACNS.Carleton.edu>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Binary upgrade -- pgk_add? ports?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10109262214420.91685-100000@gridley.ACNS.Carleton.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3BB29980.28F78F0A@iowna.com>

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I've got a pretty old freebsd install based on, I think, release 3.2. I
want to upgrade it to 4.4. I've tried cvsup'ing the source for both 3.5.1
and 4.4 but I can't run make buildworld (errors about strlcpy). So I want
to try a binary upgrade.  

All the stuff I see about binary packages are ports, which I understand do
not include the base system. Under
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/releases/4.4-release

there is a directory for packages -- under which lots of categories
directory (games, crypto, etc) -- what stuff do I need for the base
system, or is this only programs on top of the base (I need to get the new
libraries and all that jazz first and at the same time, right?) -- after I
get the base system packages and then just run pkg_add * in my download
directory?



Thanks,

Ben








On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Bill Moran wrote:

> Parker Brown wrote:
> > 
> > The output of    #ipfw show   looks like a subset of dmesg output, right after
> > filesystem checkout.  Attaching dmesg -a output.
> 
> IOW, "ipfw show" produces errors?
> You don't have ipfw properly configured in your kernel.
> 
> > 
> > Pb
> > 
> > Bill Moran wrote:
> > 
> > > Parker Brown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I ran dmesg -a and found "unknown keyword (ipfw)" just after file checking.
> > > > Please check out the attached:  the output of dmesg -a
> > >
> > > <SNIP>
> > > Doing initial network setup:
> > >  hostname
> > >  ipfilter
> > > open device: Device not configured
> > > ioctl(SIOCIPFFL): Bad file descriptor
> > > open device: Device not configured
> > > 1: unknown keyword (ipfw)
> > > 2: unknown keyword (ipfw)
> > > </SNIP>
> > >
> > > With a quick look it seems like you don't have IPFW properly configured in
> > > your kernel. Can you get feedback if you type "ipfw show" as root?
> > >
> > > --
> > > "Where's the robot to pat you on the back?"
> 
> -- 
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