From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Feb 24 11:22: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from rock.ghis.net (rock.ghis.net [209.222.164.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2043637BD18 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:22:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@blackdawn.com) Received: from shadow.blackdawn.com (postfix@16-164.008.popsite.net [209.69.195.164] (may be forged)) by rock.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA40669; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:21:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by shadow.blackdawn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 51E5F1A7E; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 14:21:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 14:21:52 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: George Neville-Neil Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What version OS do I need to sup the ports now? Message-ID: <20000224142152.G49578@shadow.blackdawn.com> References: <200002241910.LAA02376@jchurch.meer.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200002241910.LAA02376@jchurch.meer.net>; from gnn@neville-neil.com on Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 11:10:31AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 11:10:31AM -0800, George Neville-Neil wrote: > My machine is FreeBSD 3.3. I gather I have to be running -current to > run the latest ports? Or will RELEASE work? I tried the 34upgrade package, but that doesn't do the job.. the only way to get around this problem is to make world. You'll have to cvsup to the latest -STABLE beforehand. > BTW I found no direct instructions nor anything on this in the FAQ on > ports. Yah.. somebody really should explain why this sort of thing happens.. on one of the official documentation pages somewhere. :) -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message