From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 20 18:56:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9D9F106566B for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:56:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wayne@manor.msen.com) Received: from manor.msen.com (manor.msen.com [148.59.4.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9900C8FC0C for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from manor.msen.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by manor.msen.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q5KIuIag026462 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:56:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wayne@manor.msen.com) Received: (from wayne@localhost) by manor.msen.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id q5KIuIef026461 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:56:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wayne) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:56:18 -0400 From: "Michael R. Wayne" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120620185618.GC42080@manor.msen.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20120620045759.GY42080@manor.msen.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Seeking 6.4 make source for ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:56:20 -0000 On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:26:02AM +0200, Ronald Klop wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:57:59 +0200, Michael R. Wayne > wrote: > > >Google is littered with messages from people who have 6.3 systems > >and can no longer upgrade ports. It appears that a recent change > >requires the version of make from 6.4. > > > >While it would be ideal if freebsd.org would build a 6.4 make on a > >6.3 system and pseudo-officially support it, a reasonable alternative > >would be a simple way to download just the files required to build > >the 6.4 version of make on 6.3. > > > >Any possibility to get this tossed on a site someplace? > > Do you have a problem yourself or did you just found some messages on > google? Have the problem myself. There are ports with security vulnerabilities and the recent change broke make for ports. I went to Google and found lots of other people with the same problem. The suggested fix is to use the make from 6.4. Hence my request. > I presume you are running 6.3 yourself. Why don't you upgrade the OS to > 6.4 or 7+, but you do upgrade the ports on an unsupported OS? Upgrading a port can be done without rebooting the machine. Upgrading the O/S is a MUCH more major undertaking and is almost never a "clean" process. Plus the time investment multiplied by many machines is huge (and dreaded). So, any chance of getting a 6.4 make compiled for 6.3?