[Follow-up] HEADS UP: RFC: Alternate ports fix for users of older FreeBSD

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 15:26, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> For those of you running older versions of FreeBSD ( < 4.7), here is an
> alternate fix for the recent port install problem people were seeing. 
> This fix involves adding a new port, pkg_install, which is a snapshot of
> the -CURRENT pkg_install code.  This port can change periodically as new
> pkg_* features are added that bsd.port.mk depends on.
> 
> I am looking for testers to make sure this works where it needs to.  So,
> if you're running FreeBSD 4.x < 4.7, please give this a shot.  To apply
> this fix, do:
> 
> # cd /usr/ports/sysutils
> # sh /path/to/pkg_install.sh
> # cd /usr/ports
> # patch -p < /path/to/bsd.port.mk.diff
> 
> Then try to install some ports.  If you really want to make sure
> everything is good, you'll back out the bsd.port.mk patches Kris
> committed last night, then apply this fix.
> 
> Using this method, we are free to take advantage of more powerful pkg_*
> features without the risk of breaking older (yet unsupported) versions
> of FreeBSD.  This fix represents work done by Oliver Eikemeier
> <eikemeier at fillmore-labs.com> in ports/54478.

I have posted fixed versions of these patches to:

http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/pkg_install.sh
http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/bsd.port.mk.diff

Let me know if you have problems getting to them or installing the
pkg_install port.  Thanks.

Joe

> 
> Joe
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Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	marcus at FreeBSD.org
gnome at FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
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