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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!platinum.sge.net!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!not-for-mail From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Ports disillusionment for Novice Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 19:38:47 -0700 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 14 Message-ID: <33B5CAB7.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> References: <33B5295F.84CAD6F7@magibox.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43698 Ken wrote: > The server here is FreeBSD 2.1.7. Using the ports collection, the When you say "using the ports collection", I also assume that you're using the 2.1.6/2.1.7 ports collection as distributed on CD or as specifically marked at the FTP site? If you try to use the -current ports collection with 2.1.7 then yes, much will fail. That is because the -current ports collection is only for -current. -- - Jordan Hubbard FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.