Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:14:36 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: "J. W. Ballantine" <"jwb"@akiva.homer.att.com@ulysses.homer.att.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: packages and os version problem] Message-ID: <369F858C.B013CDF4@uk.radan.com> References: <369F70DB.790D43F4@uk.radan.com>
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> "J. W. Ballantine" wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been tracking 2.2-stable through several releases via CTM. Recently I tried to add a package > > from the 2.2.8-RELEASE cd after I had updated to 2.2.8-stable and I got a message about the package > > being for 2.2.8-RELEASE, but the system was version 2.2.X (where X was the original release I loaded). > > > > When I attempted to run a package I have added, I received the following error: > > > > tinlizzie $ /usr/local/Acrobat3/bin/acroread sport336.pbf > > The OS named FreeBSD version 2.2.8-STABLE is currently not installed. > > Try running on a installed platform and connecting to your display. > > Installed platform(s) include the following: > > Intel/Linux > > > > Yes, I had this problem too. There is either another binary in the > /usr/local/Acrobat3 tree, or you need to start it with an option. > Can't remember which, I'm at work now, but I'll check when I get home > (about an hour) and e-mail you with a definitive answer. > > HTH > OK, you need to run /usr/local/bin/acroread. It's a shell script, not binary -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com My homepage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, | mailto:marko@uk.radan.com Radan Computational Ltd | http://www.radan.com Bath, England. CAD/CAM solutions | FreeBSD - The Power To Serve for the Sheetmetal Work industry.| http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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