Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:49:00 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Godwin Stewart <gstewart@bonivet.net> Subject: Re: Xorg 6.8.1 Message-ID: <200502262149.06501.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20050226130509.39e109e9.gstewart@bonivet.net> References: <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262225.24444.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20050226130509.39e109e9.gstewart@bonivet.net>
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On Saturday, 26. February 2005 13:05, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:25:24 +1030, "Daniel O'Connor"
>
> <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote:
> > You don't need to update a port just because it depends on Xorg. The X
> > API is quite stable so you can update just Xorg without expecting any
> > problems. (I did XFree86 -> Xorg with zero problems for example)
>
> No, the problem's the other way round. Every time I want to portupgrade
> something else, portupgrade also wants to upgrade Xorg.
edit /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf, find the HOLD_PKGS = [ line and change it
to
HOLD_PKGS = [
'bsdpan-*',
'xorg-*',
'imake-*',
]
I've been using that for a long time now, since Xorg 6.8.1 breaks vt-switching
for me.
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