Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:26:47 -0400 From: epilogue <epilogue@allstream.net> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: HEADSUP: X.Org conversion Message-ID: <20040726152647.6e84d7e8@localhost>
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> > Eric Anholt <eta at lclark.edu> writes: > > OK, the final version of the X.Org conversion patch has hit the tree. > > No ports appear to be broken by the upgrade at this time. X.Org has > > been made the default X distribution on -current. Other versions of > > FreeBSD retain the same default X distribution (XFree86) but can > > upgrade by setting X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg in /etc/make.conf. > > > > To upgrade, you must remove your XFree86 ports and install the xorg > > ports. It couldn't be done with portupgrade, unfortunately, because we > > are keeping the XFree86 ports around. To upgrade: > > > > pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/imake-4* /var/db/pkg/XFree86-* > > cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make install > > pkgdb -F > What dependencies do I tell pkgdb -F for the removed bitmap or scalable > fonts stuff? Is there a "one size fits all" answer? If so, can it be > noted in /usr/ports/UPDATING? +1. during the changeover, i wasn't prompted for bitmap, but when asked to subsitute for scalable, i ended up changing the dependency to xorg-fonts-truetype-6.7.0. i imagine that i could also have used xorg-fonts-type1-6.7.0. would anyone know which is a better match? thanks, epi > -- > Matthias Andree
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