Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:02:25 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Mike Steinfeld <mike@freebsdbox.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports not working after downgrade Message-ID: <19990821210225.B40893@ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <37BF487F.3324216A@gorean.org>; from Doug on Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 05:46:55PM -0700 References: <37BF4E59.FFC5AAE4@freebsdbox.com> <37BF487F.3324216A@gorean.org>
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On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 05:46:55PM -0700, Doug 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. " > > Hmmm... I'd blow away /usr/ports/Mk/* and re-cvsup. If that doesn't work, > I'd delete /usr/ports/* and try again. :) Don't do that. The file causing problems is either /var/db/port.mkversion or /var/db/pkg/.mkversion. I don't know why they would be missing/wrong. At the very worst, you may need to remove Mk/bsd.port.mk, but that's fairly unlikely. -- 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 message
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