Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:07:07 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> To: "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building ports... Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9905171303020.27053-100000@bragg> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990516214505.26686B-100000@surreal.vrhost.com>
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On Sun, 16 May 1999, Gary D. Margiotta wrote: > I apologize if this is a slight off topic question, but I think it might > be related to -current... No, it's not (nor -stable, technically). This type of question should go to freebsd-questions or freebsd-ports, too. > Just loaded a 3.1-STABLE box, and went to build a couple of ports. First > it told me that I couldn't use the bsd.port.mk because it was too old. > Fine, so I go and cvsup the current sources for /usr/share, and I do a > make install in /usr/src/share/mk. The files install properly, and I go > to the ports collection. I go into a number of ports, and try a 'make' an > any given port. It then tells me the following: > > fetch: illegal option -- A > Grab the package update kit from the website. You can't use a current ports snapshot with an old source tree without first upgrading your environment with the upgrade kit. Kris > ______________________________________________________________ > -Gary Margiotta Voice: (973) 835-7855 > TBE Internet Services Fax: (973) 835-4755 > http://www.tbe.net E-Mail: gary@tbe.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > ----- "That suit's sharper than a page of Oscar Wilde witticisms that's been rolled up into a point, sprinkled with lemon juice and jabbed into someone's eye" "Wow, that's sharp!" - Ace Rimmer and the Cat, _Red Dwarf_ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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