From owner-freebsd-ports Sun May 16 20:36:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.36.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D507614EE5 for ; Sun, 16 May 1999 20:36:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au) Received: from bragg (bragg [129.127.36.34]) by adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/UofA-1.5) with SMTP id NAA22995; Mon, 17 May 1999 13:06:18 +0930 (CST) Received: from localhost by bragg; (5.65/1.1.8.2/05Aug95-0227PM) id AA16713; Mon, 17 May 1999 13:07:07 +0930 Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:07:07 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway X-Sender: kkennawa@bragg To: "Gary D. Margiotta" Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building ports... In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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