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Date:      Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:02:25 -0400
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
To:        Doug <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc:        Mike Steinfeld <mike@freebsdbox.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports not working after downgrade
Message-ID:  <19990821210225.B40893@ppp18344.on.bellglobal.com>
In-Reply-To: <37BF487F.3324216A@gorean.org>; from Doug on Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 05:46:55PM -0700
References:  <37BF4E59.FFC5AAE4@freebsdbox.com> <37BF487F.3324216A@gorean.org>

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On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 05:46:55PM -0700, Doug wrote:
> > 
> > " Your system is too old to use this bsd.port.mk. You need a fresh make
> > world or an upgrade kit. Please go to http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/ or a
> > mirror site and follow the instructions. "
> 
> 	Hmmm... I'd blow away /usr/ports/Mk/* and re-cvsup. If that doesn't work,
> I'd delete /usr/ports/* and try again. :)

Don't do that.

The file causing problems is either /var/db/port.mkversion or
/var/db/pkg/.mkversion.  I don't know why they would be missing/wrong.
At the very worst, you may need to remove Mk/bsd.port.mk, but that's
fairly unlikely.


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