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Date:      Sun, 5 Jun 2005 21:01:30 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        FreeBSD MailingLists <freebsd.ml@gmail.com>
Cc:        questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: patch errors
Message-ID:  <20050606010129.GA57493@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <ded8d71705060517464861413d@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <ded8d71705060508243413765@mail.gmail.com> <20050605170340.GA14827@gothmog.gr> <ded8d71705060517464861413d@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 09:46:35AM +0900, FreeBSD MailingLists wrote:
> Yes, Everyday I try this I grab the latest copy of ports.tar.gz from a
> near by server.  The file is updated daily.  and using the same tar
> file on other machine results in no errors.  I am thinking that my
> patch program is messed up, since all the error s are patch errors,
> either it can't find the file to patch or the file cannot be patched
> correctly.

The problem is almost certainlythat you have stale patches in your
tree.  Consider what will happen with your "upgrade" mechanism when a
patch file is deleted from the ports tree.

There are much better ways to update your ports collection than this.

Kris

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