Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:21:06 -0400 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" <philip@ridecharge.com> To: "forum@redpuppy.net" <forum@redpuppy.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.2 AMD64 Ports Problem Message-ID: <46EEC592.7050401@ridecharge.com> In-Reply-To: <20070917151152.5132413C4A5@mx1.freebsd.org> References: <20070917151152.5132413C4A5@mx1.freebsd.org>
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forum@redpuppy.net wrote: > I downloaded the 6.2 AMD64 disk 1 iso, installed it and updated the ports with > > cvsup. However, when I try to install xorg it's looking for ports that are not in > > the packages-6.2 folder. Instead they are in the packages-7-current or > > packages-current folder. Is it safe to install from those folders? Not on a 6.2 system. They would link against libc.so.7 and you'd only have libc.so.6 for one. I did not have this problem. > In an attempt to get one of the updated ports I put in the /root/.profile > > "PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amb64/packages-current" and > > logged out. But when I run PKG_ADD -r dri-7.0.1,2.tbz. It tells me it could not > > find the port. You want PACKAGESITE i.e. PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp13.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-6.2-release/Latest/ The trailing / is important. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip M. Gollucci (philip@ridecharge.com) c:323.219.4708 o:703.749.9295x206 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com 1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching.
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