On 2007/11/27 08:08, Juan Miscaro wrote:
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> --- Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 2007/11/27 13:55, Manpreet Nehra wrote:
> > > I have been compiling the ports and some of the ports fail flat. On
> > > checking the ftp.openbsd.org, I found the ports.tar.gz was created
> > on
> > > Sep 1. Will there be a newer ports file
> > 
> > ftp> ls /pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/ports.tar.gz
> > 227 Entering Passive Mode (129,128,5,191,169,249)
> > 150 Have a Gorilla.
> > -r--r--r--    1 1114     1114     13733974 Nov 26 04:05 ports.tar.gz
> > 226 There, everyone likes a Gorilla.
> > ftp> bye
> > 221 Goodbye.
> 
> 
> Using a snapshot ports tree to use with RELEASE or STABLE is very
> unintuitive.  Shouldn't we simply just replace the older ports tarball?

You don't use it with release or stable, you use it with a snapshot.

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> > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#NoFun
> 
> I don't see how this faq applies to the OP.

"15.4.1 - I'm getting all kinds of crazy errors. I just can't seem to get
this ports stuff working at all." sounds about right to me.