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Date:      Sun, 6 Jun 2004 21:20:58 -0400
From:      Parv <parv@pair.com>
To:        "freebsd-question@premsoft.co.za" <freebsd-questions@premsoft.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.9-STABLE --> 4.8-RELEASE downgrade. Pitfalls?
Message-ID:  <20040607012058.GA408@moo.holy.cow>
In-Reply-To: <40C214F0.2010207@premsoft.co.za>
References:  <40C214F0.2010207@premsoft.co.za>

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in message <40C214F0.2010207@premsoft.co.za>, wrote
freebsd-question@premsoft.co.za thusly...
>
> I want to downgrade a 4.9-STABLE box to a 4.8-RELEASE box to sort
> out this MySQL problem that I have. Are there any known pitfalls
> that I should be aware of before I do this downgrade?

Port making will fail if you keep ports trees updated at least due
to use of new make(1) syntax introduced, in 4.9, in a port's
Makefile.  The problem i noticed was related to use of parenthesis
in ".if ... .endif" structure.


  - Parv

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