Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 17:28:09 +0900 From: "Bob McDonald" <bob.tdlc@gmail.com> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error in upgrading xorg (no metaport installed) Message-ID: <c90b52710705210128k495c4dcbi8153841b57d0ee76@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070521082403.GA51136@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <c90b52710705202308w7d8669cdt612eca1ed53288bf@mail.gmail.com> <20070521082403.GA51136@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Looking at /etc/make.conf I don't see anything in there that looks related in any way, and I can't think why I would have done something like that intentionally. Is there anything in particular I should be on the lookout for? thanks, Bob On 5/21/07, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > 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 >
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