Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:32:18 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: luizbcampos@gmail.com Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SOS linux_base-fc4 Message-ID: <11006109@serv3.int.kfs.ru> In-Reply-To: <d534d2fe0710022009vf5263b8h9b554aa73be737b8@mail.gmail.com> (luizbcampos@gmail.com's message of "Wed, 3 Oct 2007 00:09:07 -0300") References: <d534d2fe0710010933q602b1311y699e146389a64326@mail.gmail.com> <41410808@bsam.ru> <d534d2fe0710022009vf5263b8h9b554aa73be737b8@mail.gmail.com>
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Please, keep CC to emulation@ since you have better chances to get help there instead of one person. Please, don't top-post. The email restructured. On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 00:09:07 -0300 luizbcampos@gmail.com wrote: > On 10/2/07, Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 13:33:44 -0300 luizbcampos@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > Hi, everybody! My box runs FreeBSD-6.1-R amd64 and I need to print > > an > > > important doc; its driver when uncompressed features i386.rpm files and > > > > Did you mean a printer's driver? > > > > > linux_base-fc4 is not at /usr/ports/emulators.. > > > > > What should I do? Shall I have to update all the OS in order to > > setup > > > "linux_base-fc4 or shall I have to upgrade by using another command? > > > > A good start to understand FreeBSD is to read it's oficial > > Handbook. Your question has nothing to do with linux_base. And > > questions like "What is the ports system? How to get a FreeBSD ports > > tree? How to install an application from ports or via packages?" are > > described at "The Handbook". Ex.: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html > > > > > Yesterday, I run CVSUP and I followed all the steps to upgrade > > FreeBSD > > > but...linux_base-fc4 was not at /usr/ports/emulators! > > > > Which supfile did you use? If you used the one for ports (not for the > > system files) you should get /usr/ports tree. > > > > Please read the above mentioned document. After reading you will > > understand that there are options (i.e. installing via port or > > packages) and how to do them. If you have a more concrete question > > (with logs, error messages etc.) you are welcome back and we'll be > > glad to help you. > > > > BTW good docs have been always an advantage of *BSD... > > > Thank you, Boris; I followed your instructions despite I'm not a newbie! Actually, I doubt it or you didn't do it carefully... > When I type "portupgrade -a" in order to upgrade all the outdated packages Are you sure that you *need* portupgrade -a? Isn't it an overkill here? Why do you want to use portupgrade -a? > I got a message "can't cd to /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade" and all the >From The Handbook "4.5.4.1 /usr/ports/UPDATING": ----- Once you have updated your Ports Collection, before attempting a port upgrade, you should check /usr/ports/UPDATING. This file describes various issues and additional steps users may encounter and need to perform when updating a port, including such things as file format changes, changes in locations of configuration files, or other such incompatibilities with previous versions. If UPDATING contradicts something you read here, UPDATING takes precedence. ----- Have you read /usr/ports/UPDATING? Seems no. Please, PLEASE, read the docs. > upgrading process of each package ends with "error 1". Summing up: not any > package is really upgraded! > I should emphasize I cvsuped again following your info; everthing has gone > well but it failed when I have to upgrade the ports. I should follow all > this process for FreeBSD-6.1-R amd64 is short of linux_base fc4 in order > to mount my i386.rpm uncompressed driver files required to get my printer > on WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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