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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!le From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Keeping ports versions current X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <DLsuxE.8IJ@news2.new-york.net> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 17:51:13 GMT Lines: 12 I've been working with a FreeBSD-current version of the ports collection in installing ports for my 2.1R...hopefully this shouldn't cause trouble... but how often are versions required updated to keep from being obsolete? I note that the Netscape2 Makefile looks for 2.0b3,of course 2.0b5 is current now...NCFTP wants 1.9.4,there is both a 1.9.5 and a 2.3.0 that the author is not sure *BSD is yet compatible with...NNTP also gets a version some releases behind the official one at academ.com. I don't know if the latest Ports Collection tar has updated this...but how often should one replace one's Ports Collection directory tree to keep up to date,then?