Netinet6

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Oct 31 14:48:35 PST 2003


On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 03:42:43PM -0700, Aaron Dalton wrote:
> On October 31, 2003 03:11 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 12:15:03PM -0700, Aaron Dalton wrote:
> > > I have been trying to compile some C++ socket code.  I get the same
> > > errors with multiple software packages so I'm thinking it's
> > > something FreeBSD-related.  I am a BSD newb so I would appreciate
> > > any advice you could give me.  Below are the errors themselves. 
> > > Thank you so much for your time.
> >
> > You seem to be running -CURRENT, which is a poor choice for a "BSD
> > newb".  This particular problem was fixed earlier this week, but
> > you'll probably encounter others at some point.  Try switching to
> > 4.9-RELEASE or 4.9-STABLE instead - see the handbook for more
> > information about the difference between -RELEASE, -STABLE and
> > -CURRENT.
> >
> > Kris
> 
> Actually I'm running FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE.  I don't believe I've ever 
> tried to cvsup my include files.  Perhaps I should do a full upgrade to 
> 4.9-RELEASE and see how it goes?  What's the best way to approach that 
> without losing all my pkgdb and settings?

What ports were you trying to compile?

Kris
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