Old Pkgs not found

[Adam Stern]

Your advice solved my problem and helped me out a bunch!  Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Uzi [mailto:uzi at bmby.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:01 PM
To: Adam Stern
Cc: freebsd-ports at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Old Pkgs not found

> I'm trying to install several packages.  They keep on trying to
download
> slightly older versions of their dependency packages. I managed to
find
> some of the older files, but some I can't.  An example of a package it
> tries to get and can't find is:
> 
> mysql-5.0.0-alpha.tar.gz
> 
You are prolly looking for the ports tree.

e.g. 
cd cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql50-server
make [MAKE_ARGS]
make install clean

http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports-using.html

U.

> 

> 
> I tried installing the mysql5.0.6 port from the freebsd.org/ports
page,
> and that wanted to download mysql-5.0.0-alpha.tar.gz for some reason,
as
> well.
> 
> 
> 
> Is there a way to update what versions it keeps looking for, or some
way
> around this problem?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> Adam Stern
> 
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