Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 14:52:17 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Marijn van Vliet <w.m.vanvliet@student.utwente.nl>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Xorg 7.2 update Message-ID: <20070529185217.GA48765@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20070529180342.GA6492@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> References: <E461B827-C0BA-4126-8BD1-83E60BA81884@earthlink.net> <b41c75520705271047od3375bdk449653e2edc70edc@mail.gmail.com> <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>
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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
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