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Date:      Sun, 20 May 2007 01:00:08 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports UPDATING
Message-ID:  <20070520050008.GA11759@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <200705200439.l4K4dKFR043242@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200705200439.l4K4dKFR043242@repoman.freebsd.org>

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Thanks!

On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 04:39:19AM +0000, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> marcus      2007-05-20 04:39:19 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD ports repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     .                    UPDATING 
>   Log:
>   Update the X.Org updating instructions with some last-minute caveats and
>   gotchas.
>   
>   Reviewed by:    portmgr
>                   x11
>   Approved by:    portmgr (implicit)
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.504     +30 -11    ports/UPDATING
> http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/UPDATING.diff?r1=1.503&r2=1.504
> | --- ports/UPDATING	2007/05/20 04:31:28	1.503
> | +++ ports/UPDATING	2007/05/20 04:39:19	1.504
> | @@ -36,15 +36,7 @@ upgrades.
> |    # portupgrade -f -o ports-mgmt/portupgrade-devel portupgrade
> |    # rm -f /usr/ports/INDEX*.db /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db
> |    # pkgdb -fu
> | -  # portsdb -fu
> | -
> | -  If you are an upgrade-test user (big wave!) you were instructed
> | -  to created a separate tree for the test. You shouldn't forgot
> | -  to set your PORTSDIR variable to it, and to create INDEXes:
> | -
> | -  # setenv PORTSDIR `realpath .`    <- csh-like users
> | -  # export PORTSDIR=`realpath .`    <- sh-like users
> | -  # portsdb -u
> | +  # cd /usr/ports && make index
> |  
> |    It is necessary to set the XORG_UPGRADE environment variable while
> |    updating from xorg 6.9 to 7.2.  Once the upgrade is complete this
> | @@ -60,10 +52,20 @@ upgrades.
> |    the rigors of the xorg upgrade without a small bit of help:
> |  
> |    # portupgrade -Rf libXft
> | -  Now you are ready to upgrade everything:
> | +
> | +  If your machine does NOT have any gstreamer ports installed, you can then
> | +  run:
> |  
> |    # portupgrade -a
> |  
> | +  However, if you DO have gstreamer ports installed, you must run:
> | +
> | +  # portupgrade -a -x 'gstreamer*'
> | +
> | +  Followed by:
> | +
> | +  # portupgrade -Rr 'gstreamer*'
> | +
> |    When packages are available (wait for the announcement on ports@), you
> |    may prefer to use precompiled packages to speed up the process:
> |  
> | @@ -87,6 +89,10 @@ upgrades.
> |    help on freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org).  You may also need to edit the
> |    script if the default locations are not correct on your system.
> |  
> | +  If your /usr/X11R6 is a file system, you will also need to modify the
> | +  script to pause after /usr/X11R6 is backed up, but before the symlink is
> | +  created.
> | +
> |    # sh /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh
> |  
> |    When the merge operation completes successfully, the /usr/X11R6
> | @@ -98,6 +104,19 @@ upgrades.
> |  
> |    # exit
> |  
> | +  CAVEATS
> | +
> | +  Make sure you have the x11/xorg meta-port installed.  If you do not have
> | +  this meta-port installed with X.Org 6.9, you will miss out on a lot of
> | +  the new X.Org 7.2 sub-ports.
> | +
> | +  If you plan on keeping your current /etc/X11/xorg.conf, make sure you
> | +  change ModulePath to /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules prior to running X.
> | +
> | +  If you run into problems running the new X server, try moving aside
> | +  your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and allow X to auto-create it (this will
> | +  happen automatically when launching the X server).
> | +
> |    IF YOU RUN INTO PROBLEMS:
> |  
> |    # uname -a
> | @@ -5221,4 +5240,4 @@ Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> |    2) Update all p5-* modules.
> |  	portupgrade -f p5-\*
> |  
> | -$FreeBSD: /usr/local/www/cvsroot/FreeBSD/ports/UPDATING,v 1.503 2007/05/20 04:31:28 marcus Exp $
> | +$FreeBSD: /usr/local/www/cvsroot/FreeBSD/ports/UPDATING,v 1.504 2007/05/20 04:39:19 marcus Exp $
> 



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