From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 20 22:16:32 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D001D16A4CE for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:16:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.finnovative.net (h204-247-59-114.ncal.verio.net [204.247.59.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6597D43D1F for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:16:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linuxuser@finnovative.net) Received: from [192.168.55.105] ([192.168.55.105]) by mail.finnovative.net over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:16:29 -0800 Message-ID: <41F02DBE.7010505@finnovative.net> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:16:30 -0800 From: Joaquin Menchaca User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Jan 2005 22:16:29.0782 (UTC) FILETIME=[B0D16F60:01C4FF3D] Subject: Q: Latest Xorg and Packaging system X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:16:32 -0000 Hi, I am unfamilar with the whole packaging system, but I somehow wandered into the usr/ports and discovered the wonder of make install. Kewl!!!! What I was wondering is how to packages get into the system. Is there an approval process. Specially I wanted to install xogon 6.8.x, but in the /usr/ports/x11/xorg, when I do make install, it's 6.7.1 - joaquin