Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:25:53 +0100 From: offbyone <offbyone@xs4all.nl> To: Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <43C7B871.6040405@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <1137157930.28855.56.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> References: <43C78D52.60301@xs4all.nl> <1137157930.28855.56.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk>
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Robert Slade wrote: > On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 11:21, offbyone wrote: > >>My problem: >>Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match: >>the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org >>After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as >>"stale dependency(ies)" It's a bore repeatedly to point new and upgraded >> ports to XFree86-libraries-4.5.0, etc. (and there is no XFree86 >>component that corresponds directly to X.org-TrueType, or is there?) >>My questions: >>0.) How to change the underlying o.s. default expectation to XFree86 AND >> is this a good idea for the present and future of 5.x? >>1.) Is a better solution to bite the bullet, deinstall all XFree86 >>components and install X.org, since FreeBDS is 5.x? >>(N.B. I do not want to start a flame over XFree86 vs. X.org. That's a >>too-old and pointless debate, and I have no inherent reason to prefer >>one over the other.) >>Thanks, very much. for more info, suggestions. >>Jake >> > > > Jake, > > I am sorry I do not have an answer. but when I installed 5.4 not long > ago it installed Xorg as the default from the iso. Did you update to 5.4 > from an earlier version? > > Rob > > > Yes, from 5.1-RELEASE on CD-ROM; cvsup to 5.4-STABLE and built from source. # uname -a is: FreeBSD <localhost.localdomain> 5.4-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 #0: Sun Jan 8 15:26:20 CET 2006 X.org is included in the distribution, and I knew about the changed default. I just reflexively went with XFree86 during the install, out of long-established habit with FreeBSD. - Jake
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