Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:35:41 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Charles Sprickman" <spork@bway.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FREEBSD_4_EOL tag, last known index file? Message-ID: <499c70c0707160135w5f27676bm3f9e0a71242c2914@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSX.4.64.0707152228450.610@gee5.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> References: <20070715220530.GA20656@regurgitate.ugcs.caltech.edu> <20070715225950.GU37472@droso.net> <20070715235933.GA5504@regurgitate.ugcs.caltech.edu> <Pine.OSX.4.64.0707152228450.610@gee5.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com>
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On 7/16/07, Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Jonathan Dama wrote: > > >> From Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org>, Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 12:59:50AM +0200: > >> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 03:05:30PM -0700, Jon Dama wrote: > >>> Is there a port index file that corresponds to the FREEBSD_4_EOL tag? > >>> I am unable to rebuild the index from the tagged checkout. > >> > >> The official INDEX file is no longer available nor supported. You > >> should be able to build it by "cd /usr/ports; make index'. If that > > > I am aware of that. The trouble of course is that for whatever reason > > the make index target appears to fail--although I am not entirely > > convinced that this isn't a local problem. Still I would have expected > > that the tag point to at least be useable, meaning that make index would > > work. > > FWIW, I had the same issue the other day on two machines, so I'm guessing > it's not a local issue. "make index" was barfing all over itself. > > I had to grab an INDEX from another 4.x host (we have a ton of them, as do > many, many other people out there). > > If you can't figure something out or find it mirrored in some dark corner, > let me know and I'll zip up a copy for you. > > > Anyways I'm only trying to act within the constraints that I've been given. > > My mandate does not include upgrading to RELENG_6 so your advice is not > > immediately useful. > > :) > > The "upgrade right now! 4.x is unsupported!" is kind of like walking down > the street telling people that the sky is blue... > > Some folks have to stick with 4.x for the time being, it's as simple as > that. > > Charles You should upgrade to RELENG_5 then to RELENG_6. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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