Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:29:23 +0900 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: reason 23 why we've moved to linux Message-ID: <m238i6yenw.wl%randy@psg.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BE3k918C%2Bjg23YKEwOk82pqAaF7GSdk2uvF6P_uSxu1MstWzA@mail.gmail.com> References: <m2iorb1ms8.wl%randy@psg.com> <53287821.4040209@freebsd.org> <m2ha6v1m4z.wl%randy@psg.com> <5328A03A.3000305@freebsd.org> <m261n6rtkf.wl%randy@psg.com> <532DD2EB.1080204@freebsd.org> <m238iart92.wl%randy@psg.com> <532DD64B.9000905@freebsd.org> <m2zjkiqds8.wl%randy@psg.com> <532DD978.3010502@freebsd.org> <m2y502qda9.wl%randy@psg.com> <CA%2BE3k918C%2Bjg23YKEwOk82pqAaF7GSdk2uvF6P_uSxu1MstWzA@mail.gmail.com>
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Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> wrote: > > Colin, adding you to this thread with proposed patch (two options) for > freebsd-update, below. > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote: > >> Honest question, have you been building things from source under > >> debian's ports or are you using their version of "pkg"? > > > > the latter > > > > and i have two 9 systems where i try to use freebsd-update. also a > > time-consuming rabbit hole leading nowhere pleasant. e.g. > > > > # freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.2-RELEASE-p3 > > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. > > Fetching metadata signature for 9.2-RELEASE from update5.freebsd.org... done. > > Fetching metadata index... done. > > Inspecting system... done. > > > > The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed: > > kernel/generic world/base world/doc world/games world/lib32 > > > > The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed: > > > > Does this look reasonable (y/n)? y > > > > Fetching metadata signature for 9.2-RELEASE-p3 from update5.freebsd.org... failed. > > Fetching metadata signature for 9.2-RELEASE-p3 from update2.freebsd.org... failed. > > Fetching metadata signature for 9.2-RELEASE-p3 from update3.freebsd.org... failed. > > Fetching metadata signature for 9.2-RELEASE-p3 from update4.freebsd.org... failed. > > Fetching metadata signature for 9.2-RELEASE-p3 from update6.freebsd.org... failed. > > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > Randy, you're not the first to specify a patch level in the target > release version for freebsd-update. This failure mode could be more > friendly. raid0.dfw.rg.net:/root# freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.2-RELEASE freebsd-update: Cannot upgrade from 9.2-RELEASE to itself raid0.dfw.rg.net:/root# freebsd-update upgrade freebsd-update: Release target must be specified via -r option. randy
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