Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:04:26 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie problem building fetchmail from ports Message-ID: <200402161304.26971.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.0.20040216153124.07a309f8@pop.face2interface.com> References: <6.0.0.22.0.20040216140652.08b2a4d0@pop.face2interface.com> <200402161205.38703.kstewart@owt.com> <6.0.0.22.0.20040216153124.07a309f8@pop.face2interface.com>
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On Monday 16 February 2004 12:39 pm, Marty Landman wrote: > At 03:05 PM 2/16/2004, Kent Stewart wrote: > >The interface to the gettext library has changed and you have to > > update everything that uses it. You may not be able to do it > > without upgrading to one of the current system releases. I would > > think that it is obvious that you haven't updated your port tree > > for some time. > > I just reinstalled with a 4.8 mini-iso that I d/l'd back in the > summer iirc. Maybe this helps explain some of the issues I've been > plagued with (not including a touch of dandruff, which is more likely > due to the cold weather here). You could try the pkg_add -r feature which will fetch the proper version for your current system. > > This is really just a learning experience for me right now, though > use of the word 'just' seems really lame. Point is that it may be > wise for me to d/l the latest release level mini-iso and reinstall > from that. Eventually I may even learn what I'm doing, though I tend > to doubt it. > hehehe - my way of looking at things is that anyone can be an expert at something on a computer. In addition, no matter how good you get, you will still have embarassing holes that will be pointed out to you in a public forum :). You are getting there when you can do something really dumb and laugh at what you did :). Well, if you are going to learn about cvsup, you might as well learn about making your system current at the same time. The current safe tag for cvsup is RELENG_4_9. I follow RELENG_4, which is stable. There are examples you can use once you install cvsup. I happen to like cvsup-without-gui-16.1h, which is 1 of 2 ports that I suggest should be installed as a port. Going from 4.8 to 4.9 with the security patches is not a big deal. If you screw things up, you can always install from the iso. The suggested way of updating is in /usr/src/UPDATING and a chapter in the handbook is also devoted to the subjec. I typically don't talk about the mini-iso. The iso comes with most of the ports you might be interested in as packages. They are out of date as soon as you install them but you have a working system almost immediately. If you cvsup ports-all, build the indexs, and use portupgrade to move to a current port environment, you have a lot more work ahead of you. Getting current on the ports is something I think you should do but one step at a time is a good idea :). Maintaining your system isn't a big deal, you just have to be able to be consistant. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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