> > Here's what I need: a working, installable version of openoffice.org . > > The ports system on my FreeBSD 7.1 (which I need to keep stable for a few > > months) has only been willing to download a version that has security > > problems and will not build. The makefile version is 1.324 for > > openoffice.org-3 and 1.320 for openoffice.org-2 . > > > > I have issued a number of portupgrade commands, but portupgrade doesn't > > even seem to know of the existance of anything later, ...
> 1. Update your ports tree. > 2. run portupgrade / portmaster to upgrade the ports in > question. > > ... In section 4.5.1 two methods for getting ports are > described: csup and portsnap. Yes, that is exactly what I need. I'll try it later when I have the chance, after I back up the whole ports area. And while the information is there, I find the documentation on freeBSD, and all recent open-source systems, to be disappointing. Maybe I can't get it into my head; maybe I can't get my head into it. But I feel that there is something missing. It's not something that I could provide simply by starting to write or rewrite the documentation; it's a shared understanding of what is needed: of the SEE ALSO that you need in man pages, of the need for "architectonic" summaries of things like the ports architecture, of the balance between structure and detail. If there's a place for me to contribute to -that- pool of skill, please let me know. Thanks. I'll let you know how this ports exercise goes for me. Mark Terribile _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"