James Hozier <guitars...@yahoo.com> writes: > I ran into an error trying to install Firefox (I think the latest > version in Ports is 8.0.1) so I thought I might be updating > incorrectly.
If you want such a recent firefox, use -current, not -stable. > First, this is the error I get when I try to install Firefox: > > # cd /usr/ports/www/mozilla-firefox/ > # /home/jay/ports/install.sh Nah. Use packages. ftp://ftp.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.0/packages/i386/firefox-5.0p3.tgz [snip] > For some reason it's trying to install some obscure version of > Firefox instead of the latest. You have a -stable ports tree. > I performed this on a default install of 5.0 after updating. Here's > how I update my system: [snip] There's no point in upgrading your full system every week. -stable only gets security updates. -- Jeremie Courreges-Anglas - GPG ID 0x06A11494
