From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 29 18:52:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3D3316A476; Tue, 29 May 2007 18:52:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7E313C4CB; Tue, 29 May 2007 18:52:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32BBF1A4D81; Tue, 29 May 2007 11:53:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [192.168.1.5]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3C19512AB; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:52:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E777CC1DD; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:52:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 14:52:17 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Andreas Klemm Message-ID: <20070529185217.GA48765@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20070527215727.GD67158@lassie.student.utwente.nl> <20070528003710.GB13910@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20070528005004.GA45015@kobe.laptop> <20070528074747.GA81264@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> <20070528204919.GA10763@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20070529180342.GA6492@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070529180342.GA6492@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , Marijn van Vliet , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Xorg 7.2 update X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 18:52:18 -0000 On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 08:03:42PM +0200, Andreas Klemm wrote: > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 04:49:20PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 09:47:47AM +0200, Andreas Klemm wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > 1st of all, thanks for providing 7.2 in the tree ! > > > > > > I had another little problem with xorg. While you did an upgrade > > > installation, I nuked all of my ports and started over. > > > > > > I discovered, that an installation by compiling all myself failed > > > very early. > > > > > > Its easily to reproduce by installing on a vanilla empty system. > > > > > > Sorry I didn't save the error message. > > > > Sorry, but this complete failure of a bug report made me laugh. > > Save the time to laugh and better fix the bug, > > As Steve Kargl also pointed out in his email he had to set > XORG_UPGRADE environment variable to make a manual build work. > > I was short on time, while upgrading my applications. > I would have needed to either write down manually or > restart this whole process. Both wasn't suitable for me. > > I didn't complain. I only thought that maybe a pointer to a > problem could be perhaps of help for somebody who did the port. > > Next time I think twice when I see what crappy answers one gets > on a mailinglist. > > > P.S. Of course X has been tested on a "vanilla empty system" and indeed > > builds completely. > > Then explain to me the observations of Steve. > > Did your vanilla empty system also had vanilla non existing > environment variables ? > > Think a little about it. No, I just followed the directions that were displayed when the error in question occurred. Kris