Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:23:28 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net> Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Avoiding upgrade to xorg 7.2 Message-ID: <20070613212328.GA57218@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200706132123.l5DLN1hr010280@moolenaar.net> References: <20070613201010.GA1002@soaustin.net> <200706132123.l5DLN1hr010280@moolenaar.net>
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:23:01PM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > 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. It's never been supported to mix and match random old versions of ports with new ones. This is a bug in your expectation of how ports should work. > Now I still don't know how to use or set a CVS tag for cvsup... We have excellent documentation on this and other relevant topics. I suggest you take the opportunity to increase your knowledge. Kris
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