[cs615asa] [CS615asa] Questions Regarding Homework 3

[Jason Ajmo]

Run `pkg bootstrap -f`, and then you can use `pkg-static`.

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 3:27 PM mmahone1 <mmahone1 at stevens.edu> wrote:

>
> Hi All,
>
> So I've been working on the Third Assignment, and I've been having
> issues with the FreeBSD instance. I can't get "pkg" to install either
> through its own bootstrap process, or through using 'pkg-static' to
> install it. They complain about the FreeBSD Repository containing
> packages for the wrong Operating System version. Additionally, I also
> used the "Portsnap" utility to download the Ports to see if I could
> build "pkg" from the ports. However, when I attempted to build "pkg" I
> got a warning that has to be manually overridden that was akin to (Since
> I no longer have access to the message) the Operating System is no
> longer supported by the Ports system and nothing is guaranteed to build.
> After looking up online, it appears as though the FreeBSD version we are
> running, 10.1, is officially End of Life and No Longer Supported and has
> been so Since December 31, 2016. With this being said, how should I
> proceed from this?
>
> Regards,
> Matthew Mahoney
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Jason Ajmo
Stevens Institute of Technology
B.S. Cybersecurity '17
M.S. Computer Science '18
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