From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 04:10:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E826716A4BF; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 04:10:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D6243FE0; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 04:10:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h85BA2Qr077580 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 5 Sep 2003 12:10:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h85BA2xE077579; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 12:10:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 12:10:01 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Heinrich Rebehn Message-ID: <20030905111001.GA77412@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Heinrich Rebehn , ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions References: <3F586C9A.1010805@ant.uni-bremen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SUOF0GtieIMvvwua" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F586C9A.1010805@ant.uni-bremen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: ports@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: xdm config files overwritten after upgrading Xfree86-clients from ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 11:10:49 -0000 --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 12:59:38PM +0200, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > Hi lists, >=20 > I upgraded Xfree86-clients from ports using portupgrade today and noticed= =20 > that xdm was no longer working afterwards. > After some searching i found that the config files in=20 > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm had been overwritten. >=20 > Since i had a similar problem with another port the other day, i want to= =20 > ask: >=20 > - Is this expected behaviour? > - Should i manually inspect my config files after each portupgrade? > - Or is this just a bug in XFree86-clients (and possibly some other ports= )? >=20 > Luckily, my changes to the config files were only minor, so i did not hav= e=20 > to restore them from tape :-) >=20 > Anyway it's annoying.. Yes, I've been bitten by this in the past. In theory you can avoid re-installing the xdm config files by: % make install InstallXdmConfig=3DNO or by adding that variable to the MAKE_ARGS array in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf is you're a portupgrade(1) user. However, I just keep a backup copy of the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm directory handy: # cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ # rsync -avx --delete xdm/ xdm.bak/ Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/WG8JdtESqEQa7a0RAp6eAJsGea2r17JuppivEnDELnXwtSEYZQCeJIgy AFtsuIeEtkXxYBb1RNd2lgo= =gsUq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua--