From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 2 03:55:00 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B85F589D for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 03:55:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oa0-f52.google.com (mail-oa0-f52.google.com [209.85.219.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8947F373 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 03:55:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id k14so2534658oag.39 for ; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:54:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=jmHleY/uNZRVpjtEEO2M2GVwr6Xckm9E3ZB7P20udn8=; b=Z3e1W6rGjL/qPqFBzOvYFPBtkVM6ja/8nuYX4Ye1kUXGX+0134mDCzcotYs0/39TVM 7rGqKIYKCx/4X+nXW2lyBc/IXMhdogVoDC4U43W4r9Uxj2wlvrxajR5FI6l9aJApxoIo 9oa1MSeaLxobd7lkypgGYu8345Jb0GTz6B9LYFIcBMbpuBwyLpNoLzNnQayZYyI4xczE rVBO+7Q5sKUcSZuZQ+YW6Bhwz7IqBJ1C+PFvtrqeJVmyU25ZdNZfqaLSctNNkHEw6QoR Zfy4J/SUKPWVrYqip/szo80VIgzCOcjQEDBBsBCGz1F6FzK1q29My3Ae8TFJp6lUvnvj ONqw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.62.70 with SMTP id w6mr5194169oer.38.1364874899782; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:54:59 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.33.7 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 20:54:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130401144605.GA3932@tinyCurrent> References: <20130401144605.GA3932@tinyCurrent> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 20:54:59 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: kwVy2DFNWx_QqRFC_cFpaEP0pY8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: updating ports to HEAD From: Kevin Oberman To: Matthias Apitz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD Current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:55:00 -0000 On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a FreeBSD 10-CURRENT as of: > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD aurora.Sisis.de 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0 r235646: Sat > May 19 15:52:36 CEST 2012 guru@aurora.Sisis.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > i386 > > and I want to update /usr/ports with SVN to HEAD and compile the stuff I > need; > > Is there something in the base system of r235646 which would not allow > to do so, i.e. which is to old for HEAD of ports? > I'm not quite sure what you mean by "update /usr/ports with SVN to HEAD", since ports does not branch, so any time you "svn up /usr/potrts", it is updated to head. Any version of FreeBSD 8 or newer should work fine with ports/head. Note that some ports will need to be compiled with gcc as not all will work with clang. Are you having a problem updating (or checking out) head or with some of the ports after the update? -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com