Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:09:20 +0000 From: "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: Siraj Shaikh <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Upgrading X11 port Message-ID: <20071124070920.GA17265@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940711231753s2243ce20h31205962de35e4f7@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b2ddd940711231714l777cd91flb675c90cffd2a46e@mail.gmail.com> <bef9a7920711231750t7091c348i203081e2f2726952@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940711231753k552e571cob6d3e5eb767cfea@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940711231753s2243ce20h31205962de35e4f7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 01:53:48AM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > Thanks for this. > > I have tried to follow the guidelines here: > http://www.math.colostate.edu/~reinholz/freebsd/xupgrade.html > > and I am trying to install gnome2 again through the ports. > > How do I get xorg-7.3? through the portupgrade procedure? > > Thanks > > Siraj > <snip due to top posting nonsense> You should have followed the guidelines in /usr/ports/UPDATING: <----> 20070519: AFFECTS: users of Xorg AUTHOR: kris@FreeBSD.org Welcome, fearless user! You are about to embark upon a mystical journey to the world of xorg 7.2. <----> The process described there should work for updating from 6.9 to 7.3 but it depends on how much you've mangled your ports from following the guidelines on some random website. In future, before upgrading ports, look at UPDATING beforehand. -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html
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