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Date:      Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:33:43 +0200
From:      =?UTF-8?B?xYF1a2FzeiBXxIVzaWtvd3NraQ==?= <lukasz@wasikowski.net>
To:        Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Who was the mental genius
Message-ID:  <5390F047.3030906@wasikowski.net>
In-Reply-To: <D2EE1900E54F5DC324E503D3@localhost>
References:  <C38D07C36CF649C84A3B9362@localhost> <20140605211831.GA90310@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> <D2EE1900E54F5DC324E503D3@localhost>

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W dniu 2014-06-05 23:43, Paul Schmehl pisze:

> --On June 5, 2014 at 11:18:31 PM +0200 "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven"
> <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> 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.
> 
> <https://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=46291>;

This change was needed 8 months ago, but was hold until the EOL of 8.3
arrived [1].

Freeze your ports on revision 352985 until you upgrade base system to
supported version.

[1] https://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-ports@freebsd.org/msg57884.html

-- 
best regards,
Lukasz Wasikowski



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