From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 6 19:42:11 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3A99106566B for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 19:42:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 549618FC18 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 19:42:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q56JfdHO031498; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:41:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0EE4F12358; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:41:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:41:39 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20120606194139.GA28038@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20120604214304.GA29788@thought.org> <20120604182457.301b5d74@scorpio> <20120605045311.GB6634@thought.org> <20120605060435.GB21247@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20120605223427.GC23645@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120605223427.GC23645@thought.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: how do I fix this? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:42:11 -0000 --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 03:34:27PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 08:04:35AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > > > what I want to do is get as current as possible and then=20 > > > install 7.5. and stay there. > >=20 > > 7.5 what? Do you mean Xorg? Please try and be specific. >=20 > FreeBSD-7.5. pretty sure I saw something about 7.4 being > upgraded to 7.5. It doesn't look like it. From http://www.nl.freebsd.org/releases/7.4R/announce.html:=20 "This will be the last release from the 7-STABLE branch." 7.4 is listed as a "legacy" release of the FreeBSD homepage. The only upcom= ing release listed is 9.1 somewhere this year. > > Portmaster will first recurse through the port and all of its dependenc= ies > > (if any) to handle any port OPTIONS via the 'make config' interface, > > before going off on the big build. >=20 >=20 > one thing ive been doing is de-selection most of the > options.. the box is my server. we [freebsders] have lost > the desktop 'market' .... =20 My desktop and laptop beg to differ. :-)=20 UNIX is a toolbox, not an appliance. So it was never meant for the "desktop market". But that doesn't mean it cannot be used as such. =20 Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/PsnMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUXzQCfRbFhBFzu48cXuMsCuww/9R4+ 7ZQAnj9S4oWBexOraKlb6UWROj3Pk8lC =+4Ez -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw--