On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 12:54:25AM -0600, Ben Siemon wrote:
> Thank you I failed to make the distinction between the release port tree and
> the current one I think.
> I take it that portsnap retrieces a snap shot of the current ports?
Yup.
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> On 1/27/06, Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 12:06:39AM -0600, Ben Siemon wrote:
> > > So I install firefox from /usr/ports/www/firefox on freebsd 6.0 and I
> > > assumed that it was 1.5. The info on the web said that 1.5 was in the
> > ports
> > > collection but the source ball in the ports dir was for 1.0.7 and I have
> > > seen people with questions about firefox 1.5. I have used each of the
> > > methods suggested in the handbook for upgrading the ports tree but the
> > > source has stayed for 1.0.7.
> >
> > What did you do to update your ports-tree? The easiest way on
> > FreeBSD-6.0 is with portsnap:
> >
> > # portsnap fetch
> > # portsnap extact
> >
> > And that'll have your ports tree up-to-date ready to build firefox.
> > --
> > Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > "Opportunity does not knock,
> > it presents itself when you beat down the door" - W.E. Channing
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