From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 08:24:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9CA616A41F for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 08:24:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9B4713C43E for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 08:24:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7877C1A3C19; Mon, 21 May 2007 01:25:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E05005140A; Mon, 21 May 2007 04:24:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 04:24:03 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Bob McDonald Message-ID: <20070521082403.GA51136@xor.obsecurity.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Error in upgrading xorg (no metaport installed) X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 08:24:04 -0000 On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 03:08:23PM +0900, Bob McDonald wrote: > I just followed the instructions in UPDATING to try to upgrade xorg, > and recorded the script as suggested (though I didn't record the > portupgrade upgrade) > > On the portupgrade -Rf libXft line I ran into an error with livXau as > listed at the bottom of this e-mail. (the full script is available at > http://www.t4ac.com/xorg-upgrade.bz2) > > I wasn't paying much attention and tried to run portupgrade -a > afterwards but a pkgdb problem stopped that from doping anything. > > A friend who has been reading up on the upgrade said that he saw > elsewhere that one should install the xorg metaport before starting, > but I didn't see that anywhere in UPDATING and hadn't done so. Your system still is installing into /usr/X11R6. The only reason I can think of is that you have specified this in your /etc/make.conf. Can you confirm? Kris