Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 20:39:19 +0300 From: Cezar Fistik <cezar@arax.md> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: freebsd 4.9 and ports cvsup Message-ID: <192849794.20050716203919@arax.md> In-Reply-To: <447jfqd9cs.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <589103970.20050716131138@arax.md> <447jfqd9cs.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Hello Lowell, Saturday, July 16, 2005, 7:05:55 PM, you wrote: > 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. You are rihgt and thanks a lot for help. Only after reading your answer I realized that the firewall may be the reason for this behavior. And it is indeed. A simple rule change solved the problem. -- Best regards, Cezar mailto:cezar@arax.md
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