From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 11 17:52:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C6CC16A41A for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:52:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@rzweb.com) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [216.148.227.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 123F543D46 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:52:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@rzweb.com) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (c-24-5-187-173.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[24.5.187.173]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20060611175234m13001tl3he>; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:52:34 +0000 Message-ID: <448C5861.5010901@rzweb.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:52:33 -0700 From: Ron User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Macintosh/20060530) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Upgrading Ports on 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:52:35 -0000 Is there a way to use the current ports system if I am still running 5.3? I really need to update subversion, mysql, plus make sure I'm running the latest versions of other software, but since 5.4 came out (and now 5.5 and 6.0), I am no longer been able to get new ports. If change my cvs-supfile to be: ------ *default tag=RELENG_5_4 *default host=cvsup8.FreeBSD.org *default prefix=/usr *default base=/var/db *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress ports-all ------ It deletes all my ports. This is also true of RELENG_5_4 Someone in a previous thread about 6 months ago suggested I do this, but it doesn't work. Am I going something wrong, or is this just impossible? I also can't update using packages for (I assume) similar reasons. I can't upgrade my server because it will take me a week to get physical access to it and get it back, and I can't be down that long right now. If someone can point me to some specific information that will help, I would be very appreciative. I have gone though all the books and searched the web and nothing is popping out for me. Thanks, Ron