From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 13 15:00:15 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 1ABA616A41F for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:00:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from offbyone@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp14.wanadoo.fr (smtp14.wanadoo.fr [193.252.23.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F2DF43D69 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:00:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from offbyone@xs4all.nl) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1401.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id B3F4C70000E9 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:00:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (ADijon-151-1-28-66.w83-194.abo.wanadoo.fr [83.194.124.66]) by mwinf1401.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 5299A7000087; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:00:02 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20060113150002338.5299A7000087@mwinf1401.wanadoo.fr Message-ID: <43C7BDFC.6040106@xs4all.nl> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:49:32 +0100 From: offbyone User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20060109) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Andrew P." References: <43C78D52.60301@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 15:00:15 -0000 Andrew P. wrote: > On 1/13/06, offbyone wrote: > >>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? > > > Look at /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf > > >>1.) Is a better solution to bite the bullet, deinstall all XFree86 >>components and install X.org, since FreeBDS is 5.x? > > > Sure. There's no debate about it whatsoever. You are also > avdised to bite another bullet and upgrade to FreeBSD 6, > it's a painless/seamless procedure now. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Andrew P. - Thanks for the reminder about pkgtools.conf. But about FreeBSD 6... I still see a lot of complaints of headaches from people using 6, here and on the -Stable mailing list, so I'm dubious. - Jake