Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 03:55:19 -0500 From: "Robert H. Perry" <rperry@gti.net> To: David Armour <dfarmour@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Startx Missing Following Portupgrade Message-ID: <438039F7.3030107@gti.net> In-Reply-To: <200511192136.34838.dfarmour@myrealbox.com> References: <200511192136.34838.dfarmour@myrealbox.com>
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David Armour wrote: > hello rob, > > ....from /usr/ports/UPDATING: > 20051113: > AFFECTS: users of x11/xterm, x11/xorg-clients, x11/XFree86-4-clients > AUTHOR: x11@FreeBSD.org > > Xterm no longer installs with '-static' prefix. Users should upgrade > XFree86-clients to 4.5.0_1 or xorg-clients to 6.8.2_1 or newer before > attempting upgrade of xterm to 206_1 or newer. Previous versions > remove xterm on deinstall so CONFLICTS have been set accordingly. > > i only discovered this myself recently. hth. > > Thanks David, I read the warning in UPDATING. My problem was performing the upgrade while half asleep. I paid a price during the GNOME upgrade as well. Thanks again for taking the time to respond. Bob Perry
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