Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:57:39 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion Message-ID: <CAJ_iqtYdXBnRnn8bNbGfW73Y7LgycXMYXsM4yoiRMQEvSveWVQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1891495004.86118.1409108651820.JavaMail.zimbra@jrv.org> References: <CAJ_iqtbi2oEaKGzVjEXsxKPmE0KhUJojp8tNh8BgzoGrkam0dA@mail.gmail.com> <53FCF9D5.6030904@sorbs.net> <CAN6yY1tu5ETDzV4xWHV%2BKfCLy3SmY-n%2BPZainE3zcD_RVBSHdg@mail.gmail.com> <1891495004.86118.1409108651820.JavaMail.zimbra@jrv.org>
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:04 AM, James R. Van Artsdalen <james@jrv.org> wrote: > Which branch of ports did Torfinn use? no branch, simply portsnap fetch; portsnap extract. > > fetch branch ports/branches/RELEASE_8_4_0/ and see if that works. Hmm, checking the man page for portsnap - it doesn't look like (to me at least) it supports getting branches of ports... So where are the instructions for that operation? (and thanks to all who replied with instructions on how to fix the actual problem (getting a make binary, getting a static subersion and so on) I knew some of them, and learned a few new ones) The point being; assuming the worst situation; that I was inexperienced with FreeBSD and only had this one machine with FreeBSD available, I would expect and want the system to tell me about the problem in a useful way which would give me breadcrumbs / clues pointers / to a solution, be it in /usr/ports/UPDATING or otherwise (but it should be somewhere I would expect it, for POLA reasons). -- mvh Torfinn
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