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On Saturday 26 February 2005 01:19 pm, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 09:49:00PM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> > 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.
>
> 	Tweaking pkgtools.conf may help me if I move back to XFree,
> 	and it's looking like I have no choice.  xorg autoconfigs
> 	itself to run at too high a res and nothing I do fixes it.
> 	So, without highjacking this thread _too_ much, can anybody
> 	give me the cmds to get back to XFree-4 on my 5.3 install?
>
> 	I tried several days ago and got fouled up.  What xorg*
> 	ports do I have to pkg_delete before I cd to
> 	/usr/ports/x11/XFree-4 and type a 'make install'?
>
> 	thanks much,
>
> 	gary

Try setting in /etc/make.conf

X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xfree86-4

There is an entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING about it.

Upgrading with sysutils/portmanager should be able to reset all of your 
dependencies after that.

-Mike