Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:36:20 -0500 (CDT) From: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@fc.net> To: drosih@rpi.edu (Garance A Drosihn) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for libpng-0.99e.tar.gz Message-ID: <200007140036.TAA79708@freeside.fc.net> In-Reply-To: <v04210108b59404169e3e@[128.113.24.47]> from Garance A Drosihn at "Jul 13, 2000 08:01:11 pm"
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Garance A Drosihn babbled: > From drosih@rpi.edu Thu Jul 13 19:00:16 2000 > At 4:46 PM -0500 7/13/00, Jerry Dunham wrote: > >I'm attempting to install a port for the first time, and it's been > >interesting. I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.6, [...skipping...] > > > >For a first experience with the FreeBSD Ports, this has been rather ... > >er ... challenging. I hope they're not all this way. > > Given that you are doing this in freebsd 2.2.6, which is probably > close to three years old, it will probably be rather challenging > to do any ports. Things move too fast, and when you are dealing > with ports then you are dealing with things that are also outside > of freebsd's direct control. Everyone else may be moving too fast, but I'm just trying to keep using what works. :-) > It might be too much of a jump to go to freebsd 4.0-stable, but > could you at least make a jump to freebsd-3.5? or even 3.0? > That would at least get you to the other side of the ELF switch, > and that should make things considerably easier. I've read some scare stories about upgrading from 2.2.x to 3.x. Since I've never done an upgrade before it's a bit scary for me, anyway. If I lose this machine I'll be in a world of hurt. I have no other net access. I DO have a set of 3.3 CDs handy, but I doubt what's on there would be suitable for use with my 2.2.6 system. > Do you have a CD-set for freebsd 2.2.6, 2.2.7, or 2.2.8? Perhaps > the CD of distribution tarballs for ports would help you out. Hmmmm.... I may have a set around here SOMEwhere. I wonder.... Nope. What I have is 2.1.5, 2.2.2, and 3.3. I think this 2.2.6 came from a borrowed CD. Darn. I suppose I could ask -questions whether someone still has a 2.2.6 set they could search for this. I just checked the 2.2.2 disk, and the version of png it has is 0.89c. *sigh* Thanks for the ideas. Does anyone out there have a 2.2.6 set still lying around? -- Jerry Dunham FreeBSD http://www.dunham.org jdunham@fc.net jerry@dunham.org (512)335-0674 (H) E Pluribus Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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