Problem with freebsd-update

Eric heli at mikestammer.com
Tue Apr 17 13:56:29 UTC 2007


Dmitry wrote:
> Hello freebsd-questions,
> 
>   I need to update mpd4 binary package via freebsd-update. After
>   installing FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE I have mpd4-4.0b4.
> 
>   Settings in /etc/freebsd-update.conf:
>   Components src world kernel
> 
>   After running commands freebsd-update fetch, then freebsd-update
>   install I still have the same mpd4-4.0b4 version.
> 
>   I saw in http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=mpd&stype=all
>   that the last version is mpd-4.1 ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/mpd-4.1.tbz
> 
>   How can I upgrade to the last packages versions with freebsd-update?

maybe I am wrong here, but isnt mpd4 a port? Freebsd-update is for the 
base system, not ports, so it wont be able to update the mpd4 port. Try 
portsnap and portmaster to update your ports.

Eric


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