Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:17:13 -0600 From: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: "Mike Jakubik" <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing release version on source Message-ID: <790a9fff0603081217x190cbcbao94b56dd3943d77da@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <440F393C.9030302@rogers.com> References: <440F393C.9030302@rogers.com>
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On 3/8/06, Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> wrote: > Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source code? I > have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on FreeBSD 5.3, while > it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am wondering i can change > the version of RELENG_5 code so that this software will think its 5.3-R > and let me install. I have tried changing the variable in > /usr/src/release/Makefile, but that seems to have no effect. > To change it, you would have to edit sys/*/param.h. Does the installer for this program use shell scripts? If it does, you could edit the shell scripts to reconize newer version of FreeBSD. Scot -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
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