Re: ports

From: Kris Kennaway (kris_at_obsecurity.org)
Date: 05/21/03

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    Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 18:04:49 -0700
    To: 1@bendcable.com
    
    
    

    On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 10:59:32AM -0700, 1@bendcable.com wrote:
    > Hello,
    > I am running 4.5 release version of freebsd. Everytime I try to
    > install a port I get an error stop code Error 1 about 6 times. I
    > updated my ports tree and I still get this on every package that I
    > try. Is there something that I am missing?

    Possibly, but it's impossible to tell without a transcript of the
    error. However, FreeBSD 4.5 (and all old versions of FreeBSD) is not
    supported by the ports collection, so you may just be out of luck.

    Kris

    
    


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