Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 16:56:34 -0400 From: ravi <gadfly@exitleft.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.9-RELEASE Xorg switch question Message-ID: <427BDA02.9040106@exitleft.org> In-Reply-To: <44ll6sdr71.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <427A423E.30803@exitleft.org> <44ll6sdr71.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 05/06/05 16:39, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > ravi <gadfly@exitleft.org> writes: > >> i looked at the 20040723 entry again, but there is nothing more to do >> (in my case) listed there. also 20040723 gives instructions for 5.x, >> FreeBSD-current, -stable and older -current, but doesn't explicitly >> mention -release (which is what i run). > > 4.x was the -STABLE branch at the time of that entry. > You are running 4.9, which was a release from the -STABLE branch. > > Just follow the advice that entry gives for -stable and you'll be fine. > lowell, thanks for the response. greatly appreciated -- i was afraid my post would be buried by the archive copyright debate ;-). w.r.t your advice: i did follow the instructions in UPDATING. i am sure i am missing something obvious. here's the entry: > 20040723: > AFFECTS: users of FreeBSD-current, users of xorg > AUTHOR: anholt@FreeBSD.org > > The XFREE86_VERSION variable is deprecated and has been replaced by the > X_WINDOW_SYSTEM variable. X_WINDOW_SYSTEM may be set to xorg, xfree86-4, or > xfree86-3. X_WINDOW_SYSTEM defaults to xorg on FreeBSD-current. If you are > switching to xorg, you should follow this set of commands to cleanly upgrade: > > pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/imake-4* /var/db/pkg/XFree86-* > cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make install > pkgdb -F > > Users of -stable or older -current can switch to X.Org by setting > X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg in make.conf and following the same process. > > Alternately, FreeBSD 5.x and later users can use portupgrade with packages: > cd /var/db/pkg > <rest deleted since 5.x instructions not applicable> > i did the pkg_delete -f, xorg make install and ran pkgdb -F. i also set X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg in /etc/make.conf. i still get errors from portupgrade, etc., regarding stale dependencies on imake-4 and various XFree86 ports. --ravi
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