Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:23:01 +0200 From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net> To: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Avoiding upgrade to xorg 7.2 Message-ID: <200706132123.l5DLN1hr010280@moolenaar.net> In-Reply-To: <20070613201010.GA1002@soaustin.net>
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Mark Linimon wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:08:30PM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > A variable that means "stick to 6.9" would be very nice. But I have a > > problem with the "(or whatever we called it)" bit. Looking in the > > /usr/ports/Mk directory I can't find something that looks like > > PRE_XORG7. So what is it called? > > >From http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk: > > "CVS tags: PRE_XORG_7" > > So, it's not a variable, it's a CVS tag. You will need to revert your > entire ports tree to that date, if that's what you want to do. > > The testing and integration of xorg7.2 strained our resources. There > was no way we had enough time/people/resources to do the testing with > a switch that could be thrown either way. Sorry. Hey, I'm sure you work very hard to make it all work. I appreciate that very much. My problem is that for people who don't know exactly how the ports system works and don't keep track of messages in CVS logs or maillists it has become very difficult to use the ports system. It's almost as if it's only for a small group of people who keep their secrets away from casual users. I know this isn't so, but that's what it looks like from the outside. My main complaint is that the dependencies are not working properly. So I have xorg 6.9. If I upgrade some port that works just fine with xorg 6.9 there should not be a dependency on xorg 7.2. This is a generic problem with the ports system, it appears. Now I still don't know how to use or set a CVS tag for cvsup... -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 234. You started college as a chemistry major, and walk out four years later as an Internet provider. /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org ///
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