From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 21:43:43 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D2255261 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:43:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ip-006.utdallas.edu (ip-006.utdallas.edu [129.110.182.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtpauth.utdallas.edu", Issuer "COMODO High-Assurance Secure Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96AE42DFA for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:43:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhkEAL7jkFOBbgogX2dsb2JhbAA/GoNZr2yUAAGBJQMYCwIJBxQogiUBAQQBOAI/BQsLGC5DFAYTiDoIDTazXJ53EwSOUgeDK4EVBIorpncfLw X-IPAS-Result: AhkEAL7jkFOBbgogX2dsb2JhbAA/GoNZr2yUAAGBJQMYCwIJBxQogiUBAQQBOAI/BQsLGC5DFAYTiDoIDTazXJ53EwSOUgeDK4EVBIorpncfLw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.98,983,1392184800"; d="scan'208";a="26440405" Received: from zxtm01.utdallas.edu (HELO utd71538.utdallas.edu) ([129.110.10.32]) by ip-006.utdallas.edu with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 05 Jun 2014 16:43:41 -0500 Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:43:36 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl Reply-To: Paul Schmehl To: "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" Subject: Re: Who was the mental genius Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20140605211831.GA90310@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> References: <20140605211831.GA90310@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.1.0a1 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; size=1128 Cc: FreeBSD Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:43:43 -0000 --On June 5, 2014 at 11:18:31 PM +0200 "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" wrote: > Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> That decided it was a good idea to completely break ports to force >> people to upgrade? You couldn't come up with a warning system instead >> of outright breaking ports? The idiots are apparently running the >> asylum. {{sigh}} > > It might help to know exactly what you're talking about... What is it that > broke? > The change to make that causes this when you run pkg commands or try to build ports: Unknown modifier 't' It was done deliberately to break ports so that people would be forced to upgrade to a supported version. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell