Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:01:45 -0500 From: Alex Goncharov <alex-goncharov@comcast.net> To: Lars Eighner <portsuser@larseighner.com> Cc: portsuser@larseighner.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, alex-goncharov@comcast.net Subject: Re: Xorg disaster Message-ID: <E1LVHuT-000CTO-Ei@daland.home> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310902051955n3f879e87tf71731f4ebb69c52@mail.gmail.com> (message from Glen Barber on Thu, 5 Feb 2009 22:55:07 -0500) References: <20090205202022.L1221@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <E1LVHks-000CRL-24@daland.home> <4ad871310902051955n3f879e87tf71731f4ebb69c52@mail.gmail.com>
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,--- Glen Barber (Thu, 5 Feb 2009 22:55:07 -0500) ----* | On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Alex Goncharov | <alex-goncharov@comcast.net> wrote: | > The path is (roughly): | > | > 1. Find the dependencies of xproto and xextproto: | > | > pkg_info -R xproto-\* xextproto-\* | wc -l | > | > Prepare to remove those (new) packages from your system. | | I, too, chose plan 'b'. However, I did it differently. After | building Xorg, I removed xorg-server, xorg-drivers, and hal, and | re-installed them w/ pkg_add. | `--------------------------------------------------* Which reminds me: instead of FTP, you can just use "pkg_add -r" -- it should get you the old (good) packages from the FTP site. I used direct FTP for the sake of having more control, but "pkg_add -r" should get you there -- and faster. -- Alex -- alex-goncharov@comcast.net --
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