Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:04:02 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: steve lasiter <slas7713@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade then no ports Message-ID: <200512191404.03199.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051219220016.99370.qmail@web34606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20051219220016.99370.qmail@web34606.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Monday 19 December 2005 14:00, steve lasiter wrote: > --- "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Monday 19 December 2005 13:53, steve lasiter > > > > wrote: > > > I have Freebsd 5.4 on all my servers. It had been > > > > a > > > > > while since the initial load so I decided to > > > > upgrade > > > > > all source code via cvsup and then ran make > > > buildworld, make buildkernel, make installkernel. > > > > > > After all was said and done everything booted fine > > > > and > > > > > all was working well. When I went to install a new > > > port I noticed that all my ports were gone. All > > > > that > > > > > is in my /usr/ports/ directory are the directories > > > distfiles, and dns and a INDEX-5 file. I ran my > > > ports-supfile for all-ports and it appeared to be > > > installing but when it's done the /usr/ports/ > > > directory is unchanged. When I went to install > > > > through > > > > > sysinstall evey ftp site gives me this: > > > > > > Warning: Can't find the '5.4-RELEASE-p8' > > > > distribution > > > > > on this FTP server. > > > > > > I still consider myself a Freebsd newbie and feel > > > > I've > > > > > probably missed something simple but I have had > > > > no > > > > > luck searching the net or bsd site. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Steve L > > > > In your ports-sup file do you have this line? > > > > *default tag=. > > > > -Mike > > Michael, > > Yes, I have > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_4 > Change it to *default release=cvs tag=. see man cvsup (note the ".") -Mike
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