Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 15:58:41 +1030 From: "Richard Russell" <richard@yellowgoanna.com> To: "'jamgill@uu.net'" <jamgill@UU.NET> Cc: <Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Problem installing Xfree86-4 and other ports Message-ID: <004601c1b83d$20781120$0c00a8c0@albert> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0202172354200.11253-100000@haiti.corp.us.uu.net>
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<snip> > See that "Checksum mismatch" part? That (probably) means > that the port > pulled down a tarball of a later version than when the port was > written. I have a few suggestions that I hope can help you > navigate this > pass: > > 1) when you CVSup'd to the latest version, did you update > your ports tree > also? If you didn't, I would recommend doing that. Try putting the > lines: > *default release=cvs tag=. > ports-all > in your cvsupfile and updating again to get a current ports tree.* I did... > > 2) you can try going into the /usr/ports/sysutils/pkg_tarup/ and doing > `make NO_CHECKSUM=yes` > but if the port has patches or other modifications to the distribution > that apply to an older version you can get into trouble. Not trouble > that can't be fixed by rm -rf'ing the work subdir there, but > unpredictable > results at the least. tried... failed due to a patch... > > 3) you can pull the version of the distfile off your CD set and put it > into /usr/ports/distfiles/ or mount the CD to /cdrom and install the > version of the distrobution files that are already in the > room. That may > save you a few A$ ;-) heh :) deleting it and redownloading worked -- same diff, I suspect :) <snip> Thanks again... -- Richard Russell Yellow Goanna Pty Ltd e: richard@yellowgoanna.com m: +61 412 827 805 f: +61 8 8462 2362 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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