From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 20 11:22:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from envy.geekhouse.net (envy.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7C2137B400; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:22:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jim@localhost) by envy.geekhouse.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0KJM4J05588; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:22:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:22:04 -0800 From: Jim Mock To: Christopher Farley Cc: Chris Smith , Freebsd Questions , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cannot build ports - too old for bsd.port.mk? Message-ID: <20010120112203.A5449@envy.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@geekhouse.net References: <001001c0830c$4fa78a00$0c00a8c0@amgroupadmin.com> <20010120123236.A3485@northernbrewer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.13i In-Reply-To: <20010120123236.A3485@northernbrewer.com>; from chris@northernbrewer.com on Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 12:32:36PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 at 12:32:36 -0600, Christopher Farley wrote: > Chris Smith (chris@amgroupadmin.com) wrote: > > > Hi all, after the last 4.2-STABLE (Jan 17) buildworld I get the > > following whenever I try to build a port. > > > > ===> ntop-1.1 : 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. > > This is a pretty common error that occurs the first time you use > cvsup to update your ports tree. (Should a solution for this be in > the handbook?) > > The problem is that cvsup will not delete files unknown to the cvsup > server. (If you place a file in the ports tree and run cvsup, it should > not delete your file in an effort to synchronize the trees.) You've been answering too many "my port uses an old layout" questions. Read the error message, it's telling him exactly what to do: 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. Go there, grab the upgrade kit, and pkg_add it. - jim -- jim mock work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message