On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 16:31:05 -0600 "Gary Aitken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just upgraded (I think :-)) from 4.5 to 4.10. > Initially tried an upgrade, which failed because of an undefined reference > in the X11 font server library (libfontconfig.so.1, FT_Get_BDF_Property"). > > Not to be deterred, I then attempted to do a complete install over the top > of everything. This failed for the same reason. > > I then did an install without X11. This sort of seemed to work, although I > don't think things finished up properly because I didn't get the usual > questions about running an http server, etc. > > However, it appeared the sys sources were updated and all the files were in > place, so I built a custom kernel (needed for my network drivers) and > things started up ok; it says it's 4.10-RELEASE #0, and files in /etc were > replaced and had to be tweaked (rc.conf, etc). > > Unfortunately, the popper I was using (qpopper 4.0.3) was causing things on > clients attempting to pop to hang, so I decided to update it. I deleted it > (pkg_delete), downloaded the new .tgz, and attempted to do a make: > > Makefile error: There is a COMMENTFILE in this port. > COMMENTFILEs have been deprecated in > favor of COMMENT variables. > Please rectify this. > *** Error code 1 It seems you have an updated set of ports/Mk/bsd.*.mk but the old ports tree. cvsuping the hole tree, with no refuse files and rebuilding INDEX would probably help. But you will end rebuilding pretty much everything. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
