Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:44:35 -0800 From: "Noah" <admin2@enabled.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xsnow not building Message-ID: <20040222174152.M60856@enabled.com> In-Reply-To: <200402220932.45565.kstewart@owt.com> References: <20040222171405.M82310@enabled.com> <200402220932.45565.kstewart@owt.com>
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O > > You have a mixed combo. You have part of 3.3.6 installed and 4.2. > You need a clean XFree86-4 for anything to work. Do you have an > "XFREE86_VERSION" in your /etc/make.conf. I can't think of anyway > you would have both 3.3.6 and 4.2 installed unless you did. > > It also sounds like you might have an out of date port system. At > this point, you might as well upgrade to version XFree86-4.3.0. I > would think about getting a working 4.2 before updating. There are > some problems with make on the older systems. Port maintainers are > using new make options that don't work on the pre-4.9 systems. > > A current 4.9-stable will be different than what you are using now. thanks Kent, I understand what I need to do now. well my /usr/ports have teh 4.3.0 version now. so I dont know how I can install 4.2 core distribution also I am cvsup'ing the stable files every night. how can I guarantee that I am receiving the 4.9-stable files? this is the entry I am using: --- snip --- *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 --- snip --- should that work - how can I verify that its the 4.9 kernel and system files I am receiving? thanks in advance, - Noah > > Kent > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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