New xorg packages available for i386 and amd64 6.2-STABLE

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Sun May 20 20:59:13 UTC 2007


I have uploaded full package sets for i386 and amd64 6.2-STABLE
systems.  These will make their way out onto the various mirrors
according to their usual update cycle, but the two servers in the
ftp.freebsd.org pool appear to have complete sets already.

Instead of compiling the new x.org upgrade from source, you may wish
to use the precompiled packages instead.  This will be most useful for
users who have not enabled special customizations in /etc/make.conf.

To upgrade using the precompiled packages where available, add the 'P'
flag to the portupgrade commands listed in UPDATING.

Other branches and architectures will follow later.  I am currently
building 5.x packages for i386 and amd64; 7.0 packages are awaiting
some further source changes that would otherwise invalidate them, and
sparc64 and ia64 packages 6.x will be ready in about a month or so.
Users of these systems should avoid precompiled packages for now,
since you will be downloading xorg 6.9 packages that may interfere or
conflict with a partial xorg 7.2 installation.

Kris



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