From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 28 20:31:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B238016A417; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E4D13C44B; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from www.smsd.tv (ool-18bb7953.dyn.optonline.net [24.187.121.83]) by mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0JTS00JFE0ZX7U20@mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:31:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from access.smsd.tv ([10.10.10.10]) by www.smsd.tv (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lBSKV8co038999; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:31:08 -0500 (EST envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:30:59 -0500 From: Tim Kellers In-reply-to: <584BD35A-01ED-495C-B579-1507C0444E3E@gmail.com> Message-id: <47755D03.6040001@wallnet.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <20071228175444.93100@gmx.net> <477544BC.4070009@math.missouri.edu> <584BD35A-01ED-495C-B579-1507C0444E3E@gmail.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071127) Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith , Mon Si , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_delete: package 'xorg-drivers-7.3' doesn't have a prefix X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:31:10 -0000 If you vi /usr/ports/UPDATING and search for fearless, it comes right up: 20070519: AFFECTS: users of Xorg AUTHOR: kris@FreeBSD.org Welcome, fearless user! You are about to embark upon a mystical journey to the world of xorg 7.2. Eric Crist wrote: > On Dec 28, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > >> Mon Si wrote: >>> Dear list, >>> I'm experiencing problems when I try to portupgrade the xorg-driver >>> port. The old version of the port can't be uninstalled during the >>> portupgrade due to an undefined prefix. >>> The port can't be deleted by "pkg_delete -f xorg-drivers-7.3" >>> Does anybody know how to upgrade / remove this port? >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Simon >> >> If nothing else works, you could try >> rm -rf /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3 > > If I remember correctly, there are detailed instructions in > /usr/ports/UPDATING -- go back to notes for sometime in May of 2007, > and there's a really long entry on upgraded to Xorg 7.x from 6.9. I > think the entry specifically mentions 7.2, but it should work for 7.3 > as well. > > HTH > ----- > Eric F Crist > Secure Computing Networks > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >