On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:06:25 +0100, Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 11:40:44AM -0400, Danny wrote: > > My ports-supfile is setup to update the /net directory, so I am not > > sure why this directory only contains the readme.html. This is a brand > > new install of FreeBSD 5.2.1, and I am 98% sure that I said yes to > > installing the ports during the intial installation. > > Using cvsup to only update part of the ports tree is not recommended: > don't even think about grabbing anything other than 'ports-all' > (unless you enjoy pain, that is)
I don't typically enjoy pain, but rather enjoy a good challenge. In this case though, I will follow your solid advice and run ports-all. > > cd /usr/ports/net/net-snmp > > make install clean > > make: don't know how to make install. Stop > > The port has moved to net-mgmt/net-snmp Subsequent to following your advice, this neat new directory called net-mgmt appeared; all is well. (- ; > The old directory still exists only because there's a readme.html file > in it -- if you delete that and re-run cvsup, the old net/net-snmp > directory will be deleted completely. > > > On a side note, I am hoping that this port will allow me to collect > > SNMP data from this FreeBSD server? > > Works for me. Thank you, ...D _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
