Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:01:30 +0100 From: Olaf Greve <ogreve@millennics.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems building Mysql55-server port (no suitable checksum found) Message-ID: <DFC5FE71-CC70-4A0F-9B30-D51C9614328A@millennics.com> In-Reply-To: <20110301122736.19a72d13@bhuda.mired.org> References: <A6211DE1-588C-4F81-8FEF-F9FE55B64120@millennics.com> <20110301122736.19a72d13@bhuda.mired.org>
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Hi Mike, Thanks for your excellent reply! >You got it with the last one. Your system is too outdated to run a >current ports tree. FeeBSD 5.4 was EOL'd in 2006, and 5.5 in 2008. >You'll should probably update to a supported version of FreeBSD >(meaning *at least* 7.3). Alternatively, try checking out a five-year >old copy of the ports tree and building with that - but that's *still* >unsupported software. Aye, I hear you! No, I'm not going to 'patch it in place' using an old = ports tree. There's nothing of vital importance on the machine, so I can = either go two ways: 1) Upgrade the system. 2) Do a clean install. Nr. 2 is of course a (for me) proven route to success, but how about = upgrading everything: is that easier to do? I presently have a custom = kernel on that machine which was back then necessary for supporting the = DVD burner and (IIRC) the Adaptec 2200s SCSI RAID controller. When doing = a clean install I'll probably have to take the machine out of the server = rack and do all this stuff from home; incl. some nasty sendmail daemon = splitting etc.=20 If a good update mechanism exists that leaves my Sendmail, SVN, Trac, = and some other installations in place, that could be preferrable... Do you know if there are any good guides for this, or is this perhaps a = route that I'd better not take? Thanks again and cheers! Olafo=
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