Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:59:25 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgraded to 4.2 -> Can't sysinstall ports Message-ID: <20010115085925.C9478@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0101141900320.994-100000@vkpc.com>; from "Daniel Yoo" on Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 07:03:37PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0101141900320.994-100000@vkpc.com>
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* Daniel Yoo <danny@vkpc.com> [20010115 05:59]: writing on the subject 'Upgraded to 4.2 -> Can't sysinstall ports' Daniel> Hi (again!!), Daniel> Daniel> I upgraded to 4.2 and now when I try to use sysinstall to install a port, Daniel> I get a message saying that 4.2-STABLE does not exist on the server. I'm Daniel> using ftp.freebsd.org, and I tried logging manually onto the server to Daniel> find some sort of 4.2-STABLE directory but there was nothing of the sort. Daniel> Daniel> Instead I thought I'd just go to /usr/ports/... and do a make from there. Daniel> But I got a message saying that the port uses an old layout? I'm not sure Daniel> what to do from here. Any help would be appreciated. Daniel> Daniel> PS. Thank you to all who e-mailed about SSH not working due to a new entry Daniel> needed in pam.conf for 4.2. Okay Daniel, I missed that info about SSH. Please cc it to me. About the info you get that 4.2-STABLE does not exist (/stand/sysinstall) - it is actually okay AFAIK - but I am not able to explain why anyway. I have lived with that for a whole period since 4.2 went stable but no good info from the gurus. What I do (and so may others do that too) is to go to options and change the label to 4.2-RELEASE, then get to the packages and you're there. This is what some list members told me they were doing. Before that I used to change the label to 3.5-STABLE and proceed. I'd only manually do a make install if a port reports some errors via sysinstall. HTH -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. The sooner and in more detail you announce bad news, the better. -White's Chappaquiddick Theorem To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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