Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:35:01 -0400 From: Michael Scheidell <scheidell@FreeBSD.org> To: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.4 stable Message-ID: <4F6F6555.1030203@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4F6F6354.4070608@webrz.net> References: <4F6F6354.4070608@webrz.net>
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On 3/25/12 2:26 PM, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > I just re-animated an my old FreeBSD server but have some serious > issues with updating my ports collection: > > fetch: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/INDEX-6.bz2: Not Found > *** Error code 1 > > I already tried: > portupgrade make fetchindex > portupgrade make index > > but every time the first error comes up. Can someone tell me how solve > this? > upgrade to FreeBSD 7.3 or 7.4 6.4 is not supported by ports tree anymore. Not only will you have problems with INDEX, but a lot of ports you want to (re)?build will have dependencies or libraries that don't exist in 6.4. (its not all that painful. build a 7.3/7.4 kernel with 6.x support, install it like 'make kernel KODIR=/boot/testkernel' nextboot -f testkernel (i think that is syntax) if it boots, follow instructions on rebuilding world and ports, make sure you put 7.3/4 kernel back on: make installkernel. if it doesn't boot, well, power cycle and it will boot your old 6.4 (but, ps, strange, I have a test machine still running 6.4 and I test ports on it. never had that issue) but the real answer is, upgrade so you don't have support problems. -- Michael Scheidell, CTO >*| * SECNAP Network Security Corporation d: +1.561.948.2259 w: http://people.freebsd.org/~scheidell
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