Ports/Package dilema

Tuc at T-B-O-H ml at t-b-o-h.net
Mon Jan 9 10:12:00 PST 2006


> > 	I have compat4x installed already, but not 5x. Should I load 5x on
> > a 5.4-REL system??
> 
> Sorry for the confusion.  I replied too fast.  Now that I've checked the
> versions of libm.so in 5.X, 6.X and CURRENT I see that they have:
> 
> 	5.X		libm.so.3
> 	6.X		libm.so.4
> 	7.X		libm.so.4
> 
> so you are probably trying to install a package that was compiled for
> 6.X on a 5.X system.  Don't do that.  It's not going to work reliably.
> Use packages that have been compiled for 5.X instead.
> 
	Understood. But I don't know how to do that.. Is there a different
directory structure on FTP.FREEBSD.ORG for each?

		Thanks, Tuc


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