Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:14:37 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmanager port upgrade question Message-ID: <05460018@srv.sem.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <20060905054524.1AF7.GERARD@seibercom.net> (Gerard Seibert's message of "Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:56:03 -0400") References: <20060904214442.GA12343@teddy.fas.com> <92987145@srv.sem.ipt.ru> <20060905054524.1AF7.GERARD@seibercom.net>
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On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:56:03 -0400 Gerard Seibert wrote: > Boris Samorodov wrote: > > > Can anyon tell me why this port is marked ignore? Has it been superseeded? > > > > You may consider reading /usr/ports/UPDATING. > > > > BTW, it's the right file to read from time to time and especially if > > you have questions about the port system. ;-) > The info you are searching for is in the file under the: 20060616 date > tag. Yes. > Personally, why a new source was not created so that anyone downloading Which type of source are you speaking of? > FreeBSD, and conversely not familiar with its workings, would not have > to go through this rigmarole is beyond me. If they wanted to keep a > clearly obsolete version around for what ever reason it should have been > so marked as such. If you meen linux_base-8 than it is marked as DEPRECATED and an EXPIRATION_DATE is set. > For someone doing a fresh install, there is no reason > to go this route, IMHO. The default port now is linux_base-fc4 and if someone tries to install any linux application from a portstree then the right linux port is installed. And yes, the portstree should be up ta date (note the system the OP asked was a fresh install as of two weeks ago). WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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