Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:52:34 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Terry J Dunlap Jr <terrydunlap@netzero.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: linux_base-7.1_2 Message-ID: <20020610195234.GA47435@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <1023735210.71199.12.camel@ip201-16.wab.wku.edu> References: <1023735210.71199.12.camel@ip201-16.wab.wku.edu>
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On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 01:53:30PM -0500, Terry J Dunlap Jr wrote: > I update my entire ports collection at least once a week. I also use > portupgrade to keep my installed ports current. > > Today I when I visited www.freebsd.org and searched for the > linux_base-7.1 port, it appeared under the categories Emulators and > Linux. However, when I cd /usr/ports/linux I get file doesn't exit. > After listing the ports, indeed there is no Linux folder! > > I'm running FreeBSD 4.5. When I CVSup, I update all ports. Why doesn't > the Linux port category update, or better yet even appear in my ports > collection? Am I doing something wrong? > > Thanks for your help! > > Terry You are not doing anything wrong. There is not supposed to be any /usr/ports/linux directory. Some of the port categories (including "linux") are 'virtual' categories that do not correspond to an actual (sub-)directory. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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