Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source code? I have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on FreeBSD 5.3, while it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am wondering i can change the version of RELENG_5 code so that this software will think its 5.3-R and let me install. I have tried changing the variable in /usr/src/release/Makefile, but that seems to have no effect.
On 3/8/06, Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> wrote:> Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source code? I > have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on FreeBSD 5.3, while > it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am wondering i can change > the version of RELENG_5 code so that this software will think its 5.3-R > and let me install. I have tried changing the variable in > /usr/src/release/Makefile, but that seems to have no effect. >To change it, you would have to edit sys/*/param.h. Does the installer for this program use shell scripts? If it does, you could edit the shell scripts to reconize newer version of FreeBSD. Scot -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
Glenn Dawson wrote:> At 12:06 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote: >> Does anyone know how to change the release version of the source >> code? I have some brain dead software (Plesk) that insists on FreeBSD >> 5.3, while it will work just fine on 5.5 and even 6. I am wondering i >> can change the version of RELENG_5 code so that this software will >> think its 5.3-R and let me install. I have tried changing the >> variable in /usr/src/release/Makefile, but that seems to have no effect. > > Take a look at sys/conf/newvers.shExcellent, thanks! I'm presuming i have to do a full build/install world for this to take effect. Do you think that anything may break because of this manual change, even if i used RELENG_6 code? I will not be installing any ports.