From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 13 11:32:29 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1F7416A41F for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:32:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from offbyone@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp8.wanadoo.fr (smtp8.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34BD043D5A for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:32:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from offbyone@xs4all.nl) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0801.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id AD1F21800065 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:32:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (ADijon-151-1-28-66.w83-194.abo.wanadoo.fr [83.194.124.66]) by mwinf0801.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 49F68180005A for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:32:27 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20060113113227303.49F68180005A@mwinf0801.wanadoo.fr Message-ID: <43C78D52.60301@xs4all.nl> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:21:54 +0100 From: offbyone User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20060109) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:32:29 -0000 My problem: Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match: the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as "stale dependency(ies)" It's a bore repeatedly to point new and upgraded ports to XFree86-libraries-4.5.0, etc. (and there is no XFree86 component that corresponds directly to X.org-TrueType, or is there?) My questions: 0.) How to change the underlying o.s. default expectation to XFree86 AND is this a good idea for the present and future of 5.x? 1.) Is a better solution to bite the bullet, deinstall all XFree86 components and install X.org, since FreeBDS is 5.x? (N.B. I do not want to start a flame over XFree86 vs. X.org. That's a too-old and pointless debate, and I have no inherent reason to prefer one over the other.) Thanks, very much. for more info, suggestions. Jake