HEADSUP: X.Org conversion

[Eric Anholt]

On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:07, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> On 23-Jul-2004 Eric Anholt wrote:
> > OK, the final version of the X.Org conversion patch has hit the tree.
> > No ports appear to be broken by the upgrade at this time.  X.Org has
> > been made the default X distribution on -current.  Other versions of
> > FreeBSD retain the same default X distribution (XFree86) but can
> > upgrade by setting X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg in /etc/make.conf.
> 
> Hooray!  Thank you!
> 
> Just one question: have the inconsistencies been worked out in
> translating XFree86 fonts package dependencies to Xorg fonts packages?
> Have all ports that depend on XFree86 fonts packages been adjusted, and
> if so, how was this issue resolved?
> 
> The problem I've seen is that there's some overlap between font package
> contents going from XFree86 to Xorg, mainly re: TrueType and Type1
> fonts.
> 
> Don't mean to sound like Mr. Rain-On-Your-Parade or anything here.  :-)
> If these problems still need some work, I certainly understand.  Just
> wondering what the current status is.

Yes, it was dealt with by making those ports point at the font package
that provides truetype fonts.

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