From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 24 08:56:12 2007 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 5E35216A46B for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:56:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2478913C447 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:56:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ivqo3-0001BX-Kd for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:56:07 +0000 Received: from esperance.zetnet.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with SMTP id lAO8u6Xu020122 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:56:07 GMT Received: (qmail 17346 invoked by uid 1001); 24 Nov 2007 07:09:20 -0000 From: "Frank Shute" Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:09:20 +0000 To: Siraj Shaikh Message-ID: <20071124070920.GA17265@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <3b2ddd940711231714l777cd91flb675c90cffd2a46e@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940711231753k552e571cob6d3e5eb767cfea@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940711231753s2243ce20h31205962de35e4f7@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940711231753s2243ce20h31205962de35e4f7@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-PRERELEASE i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:56:07 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Upgrading X11 port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:56:12 -0000 On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 01:53:48AM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > Thanks for this. > > I have tried to follow the guidelines here: > http://www.math.colostate.edu/~reinholz/freebsd/xupgrade.html > > and I am trying to install gnome2 again through the ports. > > How do I get xorg-7.3? through the portupgrade procedure? > > Thanks > > Siraj > You should have followed the guidelines in /usr/ports/UPDATING: <----> 20070519: AFFECTS: users of Xorg AUTHOR: kris@FreeBSD.org Welcome, fearless user! You are about to embark upon a mystical journey to the world of xorg 7.2. <----> The process described there should work for updating from 6.9 to 7.3 but it depends on how much you've mangled your ports from following the guidelines on some random website. In future, before upgrading ports, look at UPDATING beforehand. -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html