Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 13:08:53 -0700 From: Walter Ian Kaye <freebsd-org@natural-innovations.com> To: Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Local ports "up-to-date" version doesn't match website Message-ID: <a05111b10c26a7b5972b9@[192.168.10.114]> In-Reply-To: <4644BFB4.1000909@alaskaparadise.com> References: <a05111b0dc26a6431057e@[192.168.10.114]> <4644BFB4.1000909@alaskaparadise.com>
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At 11:10 a -0800 05/11/2007, Beech Rintoul didst inscribe upon an electronic papyrus: >Walter Ian Kaye wrote: >>Hi, >> >>Locally I see this: >> >>/usr/ports/www/lynx-ssl> pkg_version -v >>[...] >>lynx-ssl-2.8.5_2 = up-to-date with port >> >> >>But freebsd.org website shows 2.8.6_4,1 >> >>How do I get my ports to know what's actually available? >> >> >>thanks, >>-Walter >>running os version 4.10 >Freebsd 4.x is no longer supported in any way. Newer ports will not >build on 4.x. You should consider upgrading to 6.2. Then why does the website info for lynx port list versions from 6.x down to 4.10? When I saw that, I figured it was supported.... I know 4.10 is EOL'd; it's just that it's a production Internet server and I don't know how long it'd be down for. I've never upgraded a FreeBSD system before and have no idea how to go about it (it's a remote dedicated server, unmanaged from my hosting provider). Will I have to reinstall every port afterwards, or can I upgrade the OS and the existing ports will just work? thanks, -Walter still glad he talked his host (iStrata) into providing FreeBSD while their official offerings were only Linux. :-)
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