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Date:      Mon, 24 Jan 2005 02:35:40 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Olga Zenkova <siro200@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: can't install port pkg_install
Message-ID:  <20050124103540.GA28257@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050124090353.57797.qmail@web50909.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050124090353.57797.qmail@web50909.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 01:03:53AM -0800, Olga Zenkova wrote:
> Hi!
> Can't install port pkg_install-20040802 on
> FreeBSD-4.2. The port is successfully built, but on
> command "make install" I get:
> 
> ==> Installing for pkg_install-20040802
> ==> Generating temporary packing list
> ln: illegal option -- h
> usage: ln [-fisv] file 1 file2
> ln: [-fisv] file ... directory
> link file1 file2
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/pkg_install.
> 
> I don't understand this message. What can I do?

Update to a supported version of FreeBSD (i.e. 4.10, 5.3, or wait for
4.11-R in a few days).  4.2 is long out of support, and does not have
sufficient features to use the current ports collection.

Kris

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