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From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com>
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Subject: Re: ports on 2.2.5
In-Reply-To: <199811270856.AAA29174@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> from Satoshi Asami at "Nov 27, 1998  0:56:30 am"
To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami)
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 03:51:11 -0600 (CST)
Cc: billf@chc-chimes.com, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
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>  * > On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Kevin Day wrote:
>  * > 
>  * > > I grabbed the latest ports on a 2.2.5 machine and now i get:
>  * > 
>  * > These two statements of yours contradict themselves inherently. 
>  * > 
>  * > "I grabbed the newest updates and tried to run them on old(er) software,
>  * > why doesn't that work?"
>  * > 
>  * > Try updating your /usr/share/mk directory, first of all, but that's no
>  * > assurance it will work with 2.2.5, ports are tested in the -STABLE and
>  * > -CURRENT enviornment, not on old releases.
>  * 
>  * Never mind, I missed the heads up saying i'd need:
>  * 
>  * ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/Latest/227upgrade.tgz
> 
> "225upgrade", Kevin. :)

Sorry, i copied that link for the 2.2.6 mcahine i was updating as well..
(2.2.6 uses 227upgrade.tgz, for those following along)

> 
>  * (link is at www.freebsd.org)
>  * 
>  * 
>  * I got about 30 responses saying "Upgrade to 2.2.7, stupid!"... Isn't ports
> 
> Guys, can we stop jumping on people just because thy don't know
> something we do?  There are some documentation out there (even in our
> very own handbook, I just noticed) that gives users the impression
> that they can just grab the ports tree and stick it in their
> 2.some.old-RELEASE system.  They're not stupid.

Hey, when i need the clue bat, feel free to use it. :) But you're correct, I
had the impression that as long as I was in 2.2, all should be well. 

> 
>  * designed to still work no matter what version you have? (within reason?)
> 
> Yes.  Bill was probably being a little to strict; no, we don't
> "assure" that the ports work with any old release, but yes, generally
> most of them work as long as you install the right upgrade kit.
> 
> Satoshi
> 

That's all I needed. :) Thanks.

Kevin

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