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Date:      Thu, 18 Feb 1999 14:42:30 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        gcross@netspace.net.au
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Port upgrade check/report tool
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990218144122.04033bd0@mail.lariat.org>
In-Reply-To: <199902182111.IAA13073@whirlwind.netspace.net.au>
References:  <4.1.19990218125208.04019eb0@mail.lariat.org>

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At 08:07 AM 2/19/99 +1100, gcross@netspace.net.au wrote:
 
>Brett, is this a problem with my script (eg. it is failing to find an
>INDEX file) or are you making a more general statement about the moving
>nature of available ports & packages for FreeBSD?

It's a general problem. After one version comes out, the ports for older
ones aren't available via FTP anymore. They should probably do something
via symlinks unless there's a reason why the ports won't work on an older
version.

--Brett



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