Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 15:30:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ports problem Message-ID: <20010831152705.F90431-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <01083120064200.05593@buffy>
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sysinstall uses the INDEX file to get a list of ports, I believe. The INDEX list is not updated as often as the ports are updated. Also, if you're installing from packages, not all packages are bundled with the releases. My recommendation is to update your ports via CVSup. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html Then, build postfix from there. There is a cool port, portupgrade, that can handle installing, updating, and removing ports/packages. It even has a feature that will rebuild the INDEX file for you with all the current ports. Joe Clarke On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Hello > Running 4.2 Release. > I am trying to install postfix, it appears under the mail directory in > /usr/ports but not in the list that sysinstall presents. I have > reloaded the ports collection but nothing gives. > Clues ? > Cliff > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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