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On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:14:26 +0100
Graham Bentley <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply Manolis. As I mentioned in my first post, this
> isnt for an important server, its just for 'desktop' use, for my own
> amusement, a learning platform. I dont actually need the 'latest and
> greatest' bleeding edge code, more so a reliable system for everyday
> work, that I dont really want to spend too long tinkering but more
> time using.

In that case, don't upgrade your ports tree. By and large things are
more likely to work when everything is built from the same tree, and
the precompiled packages were built against the tree on the disk.