Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-31 Thread olli hauer
On 2014-08-31 22:38, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 8:37 PM, olli hauer wrote: >> >> Hm, do you mean update with subversion to 8.4-stable or 8.4-current? > > Yes, and 8.4-stable. There is no 8.4-current. > >> Unless you have a non default kernel there is no need to rebuild to

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-31 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 8:37 PM, olli hauer wrote: > > Hm, do you mean update with subversion to 8.4-stable or 8.4-current? Yes, and 8.4-stable. There is no 8.4-current. > Unless you have a non default kernel there is no need to rebuild to get > 8.4-stable, just run `freebsd-update fetch instal

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-31 Thread olli hauer
On 2014-08-31 19:43, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Erich Dollansky > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I did not got through the full thread to see if you found a solution. > > Yes, I did. In fact, freebsd-update provided the solution; I used it > to upgrade to FreeBSD 8.4-release

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-31 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > I did not got through the full thread to see if you found a solution. Yes, I did. In fact, freebsd-update provided the solution; I used it to upgrade to FreeBSD 8.4-release: root@kg-vm2# uname -a FreeBSD kg-vm2 8.4-RELEASE-p14 Free

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, I did not got through the full thread to see if you found a solution. Allow me to tell you how I generally update multiple machines no matter in what state they are in. If they are all on the same source version, I compile on one machine the new kernel for the target machine. I will install i

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng.
On 08/27/14 17:09, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: >> Hi! >>> I didn't figure it out from the man page at least. >>> Trying the simple solution doesn't work: >>> root@kg-vm2# freebsd-update fetch >> >> Try >> >> freebsd-update -r 8.4-REL

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
Hello, On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! >> I didn't figure it out from the man page at least. >> Trying the simple solution doesn't work: >> root@kg-vm2# freebsd-update fetch > > Try > > freebsd-update -r 8.4-RELEASE upgrade this one appears to work (and yes, I should ha

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Mathieu Arnold
+--On 27 août 2014 17:07:41 +0200 Kurt Jaeger wrote: | Hi! |> I didn't figure it out from the man page at least. |> Trying the simple solution doesn't work: |> root@kg-vm2# freebsd-update fetch | | Try | | freebsd-update -r 8.4-RELEASE upgrade And if that says it can't find stuff because it's

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! > I didn't figure it out from the man page at least. > Trying the simple solution doesn't work: > root@kg-vm2# freebsd-update fetch Try freebsd-update -r 8.4-RELEASE upgrade -- p...@opsec.eu+49 171 3101372 6 years to go ! _

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Royce Williams wrote: > > Just because it says RC doesn't mean that it can't be upgraded with > freebsd-update. > > If freebsd-update was used to bump to BETA, RC, PRERELEASE, etc. then > it can be used to bump again to RELEASE. (I assume that this > functionality

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:04 AM, James R. Van Artsdalen wrote: > Which branch of ports did Torfinn use? no branch, simply portsnap fetch; portsnap extract. > > fetch branch ports/branches/RELEASE_8_4_0/ and see if that works. Hmm, checking the man page for portsnap - it doesn't look like (to m

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Royce Williams
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Michael Gmelin wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:26:42 +0200 > Michelle Sullivan wrote: > >> Daniel Austin via freebsd-ports wrote: >> > >> > On 27/08/2014 03:13, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> >>> While I understandthe need to get rid of the old system, three >> >>> ne

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Michael Gmelin
On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:26:42 +0200 Michelle Sullivan wrote: > Daniel Austin via freebsd-ports wrote: > > > > On 27/08/2014 03:13, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >>> While I understandthe need to get rid of the old system, three > >>> needs ot be > >>> a clear path for those wanting ot update old versi

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Thomas Mueller
> > Or download the src tarballs from a current release from one of the > > FTP mirrors? > > Or, if currently on a -RELEASE, use freebsd-update first? > Subject says the system is 8.3-RC2 ... so not on a -RELEASE -- > Michelle Sullivan > http://www.mhix.org/ Would it not be possible to download

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Michelle Sullivan
Daniel Austin via freebsd-ports wrote: > > On 27/08/2014 03:13, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >>> While I understandthe need to get rid of the old system, three needs >>> ot be >>> a clear path for those wanting ot update old versions. I hit this >>> yesterday >>> trying to upgrade a 9.0-RC2 system and i

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-27 Thread Daniel Austin via freebsd-ports
On 27/08/2014 03:13, Alfred Perlstein wrote: While I understandthe need to get rid of the old system, three needs ot be a clear path for those wanting ot update old versions. I hit this yesterday trying to upgrade a 9.0-RC2 system and it was a real pain. Can't just do a checkout on an older mac

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-26 Thread Alfred Perlstein
On 8/26/14 5:22 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote: On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Michelle Sullivan wrote: And this is precisely why I think the killing of the old packaging system on Sept 1, is the wrong thing to do. If you don't have the new packaging system installed and setup by then, you're scr

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-26 Thread Kevin Oberman
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Michelle Sullivan wrote: > And this is precisely why I think the killing of the old packaging > system on Sept 1, is the wrong thing to do. > > If you don't have the new packaging system installed and setup by then, > you're screwed... royally... > > Happened some

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-26 Thread Michelle Sullivan
And this is precisely why I think the killing of the old packaging system on Sept 1, is the wrong thing to do. If you don't have the new packaging system installed and setup by then, you're screwed... royally... Happened somewhere between 6.x and 7.x with the ports tree, pre 8.4... the list goes

Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-26 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! > and I want to update it. Since FreeBSD this old doesn't have svnlite > installed, I fetch a ports tree (no, this machine didn't have one > already) and try to install the subversion port: > root@kg-vm2# cd /usr/ports/devel/subversion > root@kg-vm2# make install > Unknown modifier 't' Get th

I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion

2014-08-26 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
I have a machine which has an old installation of FreeBSD 8.3 on it: root@kg-vm2# uname -a FreeBSD kg-vm2 8.3-RC2 FreeBSD 8.3-RC2 #0: Sat Mar 24 16:15:47 UTC 2012 r...@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 and I want to update it. Since FreeBSD this old doesn't have svnlite