On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 09:03:58AM -0500, Zimmerman, Eric wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Bye > > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:25 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: nubie question - Ports - Ruby 1.8.4 > > > > On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 05:52:14PM -0400, Bakki Kudva wrote: > > > FIXED! I have Ruby 1.8.4 in my tree now. > > > > > > I had not done... > > > # portsnap extract > > > > > I recommend you check out portmanager as well. Makes dealing with port > upgrades including all dependencies MUCH easier!
Agreed. Portmanager is one of the first things I install on any new machine. Very simple to use, and not prone to all the 'my pkgdb got broke' funkiness so often associated with portupgrade. Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \
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