Date: 16 Jul 2005 12:05:55 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Cezar Fistik <cezar@arax.md> Subject: Re: freebsd 4.9 and ports cvsup Message-ID: <447jfqd9cs.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <589103970.20050716131138@arax.md> References: <589103970.20050716131138@arax.md>
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Cezar Fistik <cezar@arax.md> writes: > I need to upgrade some applications with many dependencies on an older > 4.9 system. I was thinking to start with ports tree upgrade but when > I try to run cvsup I get connection refused messages from all cvsup > servers I tried, meaning that there's no a fresh port tree for version > 4.9. So, I'm a little bit stuck, I cannot get a fresh ports tree and I > cannot get updated binaries through pkg_add either. What would you > suggest to do in such situation. Upgrading the whole system to a newer > version would be too much pain. I'd appreciate any advise. "Connection refused" means that you didn't even get to *ask* the server if it had updates. So you're doing something wrong before that. Please show the exact command you used, the supfile, and the output from cvsup.
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