Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:50:33 +0100 From: <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com>, Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>, Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: pkg_add -r XFree86-4 fails - How do I tell pkg_add to look somewhere else for target? Message-ID: <1027547433.3d3f21293ff1f@netmail.pipex.net> In-Reply-To: <20020724222449.A84349@abigail.blackend.org> References: <1027534025.3d3eecc9e656e@netmail.pipex.net> <5iQKrFB97uP9EwxH@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <1027536277.3d3ef59533fb0@netmail.pipex.net> <kTAdnRB%2BjvP9EwhI@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <1027537417.3d3efa09e9316@netmail.pipex.net> <20020724212218.B83166@abigail.blackend.org> <1027539205.3d3f0105e49e5@netmail.pipex.net> <20020724222449.A84349@abigail.blackend.org>
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Hi Marc, That did the trick for me, marc. Thanks very much for your time, as well as the information. I should think that your suggestion of updating the Handbook is an excellant idea! For a lot of us, this proves to be the first port of call for information and help, and from my own experience, its at times disheartening to come across procedures in there that turn out to be either out of date, or ambiguous in its reading. I'm off installing gnome at the moment. I'm sure to come back to the list seeking confirmation of the procedure for setting gnome as the default desktop to load when entering "startx". Thanks again. Stacey Quoting Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 08:33:25PM +0100, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote: > > > > HI Marac, > > Marc :)) > > > Thanks for that info (and example). It certainly does look as if > you've > > managed to locate the latest version there. > > > > I'll give this a go and let the list know if I am successful. > > > > Please do. > > I will add something about it in the > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html > section of the handbook as "pkg_add -r XFree86" can be confusing for > many > persons cause mostly of them would think about "pkg_add -r XFree86-4" > instead. > > Marc > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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