Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 16:23:27 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Leonardo Lazarte <llazarte@mat.unb.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot install any port Message-ID: <20030726232327.GA13775@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030726015449.G52327-100000@mx1.mat.unb.br> References: <46021.121861-30410-1720054187-1059175905@seznam.cz> <20030726015449.G52327-100000@mx1.mat.unb.br>
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--ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 02:05:44AM -0300, Leonardo Lazarte wrote: >=20 > Dear Tom, >=20 > Unfortunately you have found a problem which those > in the know prefer to ignore. No-one's ignoring it, it's been discussed multiple times over the past few weeks, with full explanations and workarounds. > The ports system has been broken with the last > upgrade, and many of us which have found the same > problem could not find a solution. >=20 > It has been suggested by some that you could copy > pkg_info from some newer version. Other person suggested > re-building pkg_install (in fact, it was incorrectly > suggested to build pkg_info), after cvsuping src. >=20 > I tried both, with no luck. >=20 > I will go the hard way, re-installing the system, with > a new version. >=20 > As a side note, I mentioned that I have been using > FreeBSD for a decade (of course a rough estimate), and > have been corrected by very knowledgeble (sp?) people > in opposite directions. One said that FreeBSD was not > yet ten years old, other said it was ten years three > months. But still no help with a solution. No they didn't. The first release of FreeBSD was less than ten years ago, but the project itself is ten years and 3 weeks old. Both of these facts are documented. Kris --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/Iw1vWry0BWjoQKURApwgAJ4nhLQ2rNP8ZwZ9YyO1xDncnC7mDACg2gqG LCSqkmSUDYG0TU1wANMnzWQ= =ML8z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH--
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