Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:43:04 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Rei Okamoto <okamoto@mix-net.co.jp> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question regarding a server with an unsupported old version Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK011_s916MJA72GgRHp4UQxmW1f735fn%2BU=XnJMqm-3xg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20121022113136.7BB4.59217E37@mix-net.co.jp> References: <20121022113136.7BB4.59217E37@mix-net.co.jp>
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On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Rei Okamoto <okamoto@mix-net.co.jp> wrote: > Hello to all, > > My name is Rei Okamoto posting from Japan. > > I'm very new to FreeBSD and please pardon and caution me > if anything I post is in any way inappropriate. > > Here's a problem I'm facing right now. > > I started working for a company this month as a > sole engineerer, given all my tasks with virtually > no manuals other than IP addresses, IDs and PWs. > (Dangerous, but not such a rare case in this country) > > One of the clients is running the web site using > FreeBSD 4.7. > > Although it is surely the best to renew the server to > newest machine and OS, the client is reluctant to do so > because of money. > > So a long story short, because I need to do some testing, > I've installed FreeBSD 4.11 to the VirtualBox as a > test server in my local PC and got the network connected. > > I want to build the test server as close to the > actual server as possible, such as considering the > OS's version 4.11 to be close enough to 4.7, but > as I try to install PHP4 with a following command, > > pkg_add -r php4-4.3.6.tgz > > I get an error message below. > > Error: FTP Unable to get > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.11-release/Latest/php4-4.3.6.tgz: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > > So you probably can figure out the rest of the story, > it is all too old to make a near duplication of the server. > > Is there any suggestion on what I can do > other than convincing the client to renew the server? > (which I am doing but already been politely refused) > > Pardon me for the long message, > and thank you in advance for all replies. > You can find an archive of packages released with FreeBSD 4.11 here: ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/4.11-RELEASE/packages/All/ However, you'll find the packages are different than those released with your original version. A move from 4.7 to 4.11 doesn't really gain you much. Better off to start a migration strategy or leave it alone. -- Adam Vande More
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