problem with new /usr/ports/archivers/rpm checkin

[Aaron Levin]

> It's more likely to be related to a recent bsd.port.mk commit that
> works on new releases but not on old.

yes i just tried rebuilding the port from the system that had built it
fine and i get the same result (marked as broken).

> No, about 5 years ago some people used to produce "upgrade packages"
> that allowed old releases to use the current ports collection by
> replacing necessary parts of the base system, but these were
> discontinued due to lack of volunteers from the community to develop
> and test the upgrade packages.
>
> > do you suggest that users not cvsup their ports collection if they
> > don't have the most current release?
>
> Yes.

great thanks for this.

i don't want to waste your time further, but i am running a 4.6.2 system
with linux_base6 and i need to go to the latest linux_base (linux 7).  i
already have this built and tested on a test machine.  looking at the
install, it appears that i can simply tar up my good /usr/compat/linux
directory from the test machine and replace the existing /usr/compat/linux
directory on my production machine and everything will to work.

i have tested doing this on a different machine, but i would like your
opinion.

do you suggest i don't do this?  all systems are 4.6.2.

thanks again for all your help!  i really appreciate it and am always
impressed by the FreeBSD's support team.

-Aaron Levin