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Date:      29 Jul 2003 16:22:23 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [Follow-up] HEADS UP: RFC: Alternate ports fix for users of older FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <1059510143.778.23.camel@gyros>
In-Reply-To: <1059333981.795.9.camel@gyros>
References:  <1059333981.795.9.camel@gyros>

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On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 15:26, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> For those of you running older versions of FreeBSD ( < 4.7), here is an
> alternate fix for the recent port install problem people were seeing.=20
> This fix involves adding a new port, pkg_install, which is a snapshot of
> the -CURRENT pkg_install code.  This port can change periodically as new
> pkg_* features are added that bsd.port.mk depends on.
>=20
> I am looking for testers to make sure this works where it needs to.  So,
> if you're running FreeBSD 4.x < 4.7, please give this a shot.  To apply
> this fix, do:
>=20
> # cd /usr/ports/sysutils
> # sh /path/to/pkg_install.sh
> # cd /usr/ports
> # patch -p < /path/to/bsd.port.mk.diff
>=20
> Then try to install some ports.  If you really want to make sure
> everything is good, you'll back out the bsd.port.mk patches Kris
> committed last night, then apply this fix.
>=20
> Using this method, we are free to take advantage of more powerful pkg_*
> features without the risk of breaking older (yet unsupported) versions
> of FreeBSD.  This fix represents work done by Oliver Eikemeier
> <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> in ports/54478.

I have posted fixed versions of these patches to:

http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/pkg_install.sh
http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/bsd.port.mk.diff

Let me know if you have problems getting to them or installing the
pkg_install port.  Thanks.

Joe

>=20
> Joe
--=20
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	marcus@FreeBSD.org
gnome@FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome


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