Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:35:00 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Terribile <materribile@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Forcing upgrade to latest AVAILABLE version of open office? Message-ID: <688115.13230.qm@web110316.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimvqD5CQ3oqnBBAfzrt4KvHv-W2cthCCHLX90kN@mail.gmail.com>
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=0A> > Here's what I need: a working, installable version of openoffice.org= .=0A> > The ports system on my FreeBSD 7.1 (which I need to keep stable fo= r a few=0A> > months) has only been willing to download a version that has = security=0A> > problems and will not build.=A0 The makefile version is 1.32= 4 for=0A> > openoffice.org-3 and 1.320 for openoffice.org-2 .=0A> >=0A> > I= have issued a number of portupgrade commands, but portupgrade doesn't=0A> = > even seem to know of the existance of anything later, ...=0A=0A=0A> 1. Up= date your ports tree.=0A> 2. run portupgrade / portmaster to upgrade the po= rts in=0A> question.=0A> =0A> ... In section 4.5.1 two methods for getting = ports are=0A> described: csup and portsnap.=0A=0AYes, that is exactly what = I need. I'll try it later when I have the=0Achance, after I back up the wh= ole ports area.=0A=0AAnd while the information is there, I find the documen= tation on freeBSD,=0Aand all recent open-source systems, to be disappointin= g. Maybe I can't=0Aget it into my head; maybe I can't get my head into it.= But I feel that=0Athere is something missing. It's not something that I = could provide=0Asimply by starting to write or rewrite the documentation; i= t's a shared=0Aunderstanding of what is needed: of the SEE ALSO that you ne= ed in man=0Apages, of the need for "architectonic" summaries of things like= the ports=0Aarchitecture, of the balance between structure and detail.=0A= =0AIf there's a place for me to contribute to -that- pool of skill, please= =0Alet me know.=0A=0AThanks. I'll let you know how this ports exercise goe= s for me.=0A=0A Mark Terribile=0A=0A=0A
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