Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:16:38 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Can't build ports on older FreeBSD machine Message-ID: <20050419041638.GA56099@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050418213725.0591beb0@localhost> References: <200504180758.BAA10753@lariat.org> <20050419031952.GA90643@xor.obsecurity.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418213725.0591beb0@localhost>
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--7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:38:15PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 09:19 PM 4/18/2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > >Fortunately, make is not built from a port. You need to update your > >version of FreeBSD to use ports on that box. >=20 > In other words, if one innocently updates one's ports one day, one > may suddenly find oneself to do anything with ports at all? This > seems to violate POLA. The ports support policy is right there on www.freebsd.org/ports for all to read. It's always been the case that you have to have your eyes open if you want to update your FreeBSD system. Kris --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCZIYmWry0BWjoQKURAtrzAKDlpd67k3R9FHQ4gkBdx/uMLzg2BgCfY2Nx A9bJedqaabxezBnflZkivFk= =q6Gq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z--
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