From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Mar 29 15:43:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from lobster.baynetworks.com (ns3.BayNetworks.COM [192.32.253.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C3537BC55 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:43:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bwithrow@engeast.BayNetworks.COM) Received: from mailhost.BayNetworks.COM (h8754.s84f5.BayNetworks.COM [132.245.135.84]) by lobster.baynetworks.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA13518; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:47:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM (pobox.engeast.baynetworks.com [192.32.61.6]) by mailhost.BayNetworks.COM (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA22182; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:47:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com (tuva [192.32.150.102]) by pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM (SMI-8.6/BNET-97/04/24-S) with ESMTP id SAA02457; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:43:10 -0500 for Received: from tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA11537; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:42:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bwithrow@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com) Message-Id: <200003292342.SAA11537@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Will Andrews Cc: Robert Withrow , "Withrow, Robert (W.) [BAY:BL60:430]" , ports@FreeBSD.ORG, bwithrow@engeast.BayNetworks.COM Subject: Re: gmake 3.78.1 port fails to install on 3.2 In-Reply-To: Message from Will Andrews of "Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:25:58 EST." <20000329182558.A94253@argon.blackdawn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:42:49 -0500 From: Robert Withrow Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM said: :- No. If I installed 34upgrade.tgz and I had a newer version of :- bsd.port.mk on my system, then it would be overwritten. I'm not trying to be argumentative, but what you are saying is flatly contradicted on http://www.freebsd.org/ports/, where it says: "Please install one of the following depending on the release you are running. [...] That should enable you to use all the ports listed here." There is no mention on that page of using cvsup (or ftp) to update bsd.port.mk as a requirement for building ports. -- Robert Withrow -- (+1 978 288 8256) BWithrow@BayNetworks.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message