Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:07:30 -0500 From: Mike Hernandez <sequethin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xterm conflicts with xorg-clients Message-ID: <20051114180730.GJ31681@dementia.beyondnormal.net> In-Reply-To: <4378D08C.2060103@dial.pipex.com> References: <pan.2005.11.14.17.02.43.659160@io.dk> <4378C7C0.8080308@dial.pipex.com> <20051114174214.GH31681@dementia.beyondnormal.net> <4378D08C.2060103@dial.pipex.com>
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 05:59:40PM +0000, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > I don't think so. Keep track of which ports you deleted the > dependencies from, then when you have the whole xorg-clients/xterm mess > sorted out, just force a re-install of those packages and the right > dependencies will come back. Time consuming, but not rocket science ;-) > > I had to do something like that when interrupting gnome_upgrade early > seems to bugger everything a treat, but I got everything back OK (I think!). > Great ;) I'm still working on my first year with freebsd so this a great learning experience. Without getting too far OT, is there a quick explanation as to why xterm is a separate port? Does it take up so much space that it would "bloat" a standard Xorg/Xfree install? Mike
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