Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 20:45:20 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Mike Steinfeld <mike@freebsdbox.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports not working after downgrade Message-ID: <19990821204520.B40522@ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <37BF4E59.FFC5AAE4@freebsdbox.com>; from Mike Steinfeld on Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 06:11:53PM -0700 References: <37BF4E59.FFC5AAE4@freebsdbox.com>
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On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 06:11:53PM -0700, Mike Steinfeld wrote: > > " Your system is too old to use this bsd.port.mk. You need a fresh make > world or an upgrade kit. Please go to http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/ or a > mirror site and follow the instructions. " Strange. It thinks it is too old because /var/db/port.mkversion says that your system was built before 19990501 (or thearabouts), or possibly because the file (and file /var/db/pkg/.mkversion) don't exist. You can create these manuallly and put the contents "19990820" into them. I don't know why they would {not exist, be wrong}. Perhaps you cvsup'd something other than -stable (eg. a -release). -- This is my .signature which gets appended to the end of my messages. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the messagehelp
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