Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 17:08:20 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Corrupt fonts-alias (Re: xorg 7.2 start problem) Message-ID: <20070524210820.GA33171@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20070524204238.GA3360@mid.pc5.i.0x5.de> References: <200705211823.29943.ABabiy@shaw.ca> <"56016.2001:6f8:101e:0:20e:cff:fe6d:6adb.1179824650.squirrel"@webmail.alpha-tierchen.de> <200705230047.28763.ABabiy@shaw.ca> <200705231107.03356.eti@erata.net> <20070524114030.GB1160@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20070524130011.GB46848@mid.pc5.i.0x5.de> <20070524201907.GA32382@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070524204238.GA3360@mid.pc5.i.0x5.de>
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On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 10:42:38PM +0200, Nicolas Rachinsky wrote: > * Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> [2007-05-24 16:19 -0400]: > > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 03:00:11PM +0200, Nicolas Rachinsky wrote: > > > * Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> [2007-05-24 21:40 +1000]: > > > > I've found this problem on one system (the one where I thought the > > > > upgrade had gone the most cleanly). font-alias _is_ installed but > > > > most of my pcf.gz files are corrupt (20 bytes long). > > > > > > > > 'portupgrade -f' on my fonts is fixing this but I'm not exactly sure > > > > why it occurred to start with. > > > > > > bdftopcf fails if it uses the old library from X11R6. The 20 bytes are > > > the compressed empty output of the failing bdftopcf. > > > > Sounds like it is being upgraded out of order, we need a full log to > > figure out why. > > Isn't this already known and the reason for the advice in > /usr/port/UPDATING > > Unfortunately portupgrade (nor portupgrade-devel) cannot yet handle > the rigors of the xorg upgrade without a small bit of help: > > # portupgrade -Rf libXft > > before you do the portupgrade -a? No, that is to avoid a dependency loop involving libXft and xorg-libraries because of a bug in how portupgrade orders dependencies. Kris
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