Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:05:32 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Joe Altman <fj@panix.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg/xfree86 Message-ID: <20041116210532.GA96852@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20041116205424.GA28011@panix.com> References: <20041116213934.62bcaf39.dick@nagual.st> <20041116204601.GA96700@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <20041116205424.GA28011@panix.com>
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On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 03:54:24PM -0500, Joe Altman wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 09:46:01PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> >
> > For FreeBSD 4.10 XFree86 is still the default. (Xorg is the default on
> > FreeBSD 5.x)
>
> Are you sure about this? I was under the impression that XFree86 was
> deprecated, and Xorg preferred; further, that this translates into
> Xorg being the default.
Yes, I am sure.
>From /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk (this is the code that actually sets
the default):
.if ${OSVERSION} >= 502123
X_WINDOW_SYSTEM ?= xorg
.elif (${OSVERSION} >= 450005 && !defined(XFREE86_VERSION)) || \
(defined(XFREE86_VERSION) && ${XFREE86_VERSION} == 4)
X_WINDOW_SYSTEM ?= xfree86-4
.else
X_WINDOW_SYSTEM ?= xfree86-3
.endif
The default is XFree86-4 for 4.x (except for early 4.x releases where
XFree86-3 is still the default.)
For 5.x the default is X.org.
>
> See UPDATING in /usr/ports:
>
> 20040723:
> AFFECTS: users of FreeBSD-current, users of xorg
> AUTHOR: anholt@FreeBSD.org
>
> The XFREE86_VERSION variable is deprecated and has been replaced by
> the X_WINDOW_SYSTEM variable. X_WINDOW_SYSTEM may be set to xorg,
> xfree86-4, or xfree86-3. X_WINDOW_SYSTEM defaults to xorg on
> FreeBSD-current.
I have read this before. It does not in any way contradict what I said.
--
<Insert your favourite quote here.>
Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se
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