FREEBSD_4_EOL tag, last known index file?

[Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri]

On 7/16/07, Charles Sprickman <spork at bway.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Jonathan Dama wrote:
>
> >> From Erwin Lansing <erwin at FreeBSD.org>, Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 12:59:50AM +0200:
> >> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 03:05:30PM -0700, Jon Dama wrote:
> >>> Is there a port index file that corresponds to the FREEBSD_4_EOL tag?
> >>> I am unable to rebuild the index from the tagged checkout.
> >>
> >> The official INDEX file is no longer available nor supported.  You
> >> should be able to build it by "cd /usr/ports; make index'.  If that
>
> > I am aware of that.  The trouble of course is that for whatever reason
> > the make index target appears to fail--although I am not entirely
> > convinced that this isn't a local problem.  Still I would have expected
> > that the tag point to at least be useable, meaning that make index would
> > work.
>
> FWIW, I had the same issue the other day on two machines, so I'm guessing
> it's not a local issue.  "make index" was barfing all over itself.
>
> I had to grab an INDEX from another 4.x host (we have a ton of them, as do
> many, many other people out there).
>
> If you can't figure something out or find it mirrored in some dark corner,
> let me know and I'll zip up a copy for you.
>
> > Anyways I'm only trying to act within the constraints that I've been given.
> > My mandate does not include upgrading to RELENG_6 so your advice is not
> > immediately useful.
>
> :)
>
> The "upgrade right now! 4.x is unsupported!" is kind of like walking down
> the street telling people that the sky is blue...
>
> Some folks have to stick with 4.x for the time being, it's as simple as
> that.
>
> Charles

You should upgrade to RELENG_5 then to RELENG_6.

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-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
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