xf86-video-ati-7.5.0 is only for i386 amd64, while you are running powerpc64. But no /usr/ports/UPDATING material about it.

[Mark Millard]

I do not see anything about it in /usr/ports/UPDATING but when I attempted to update my powerpc64/GENERIC64vtsc context's ports after updating to 10.1-RELEASE I got:

===>>> Launching child to update xf86-video-ati-6.14.6_4 to xf86-video-ati-7.5.0

===>>> x11/xorg 1/2 >> xf86-video-ati-6.14.6_4 (1/3)

===>>> Currently installed version: xf86-video-ati-6.14.6_4
===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati

===>>> Starting check for all dependencies
===>>> Gathering dependency list for x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati from ports
===>>> Dependency check complete for x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati

===>>> x11/xorg 1/2 >> xf86-video-ati-6.14.6_4 (1/3)

===>  Cleaning for xf86-video-ati-7.5.0
===>  xf86-video-ati-7.5.0 is only for i386 amd64, while you are running powerpc64.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati


The context is:

root at FBSDG5M1:/usr/src # freebsd-version -ku; uname -a
10.1-RELEASE
10.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD FBSDG5M1 10.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE #0 r274912M: Sun Nov 23 03:21:22 PST 2014     root at FBSDG5M1:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC64vtsc  powerpc

(Note: when one boots a PowerMac with an explicit "boot KERNELNAME" freebsd-version -k returns /boot/kernel information instead of /boot/KERNELNAME information. But I did not boot that way: This was a /boot/kernel use.)

root at FBSDG5M1:/usr/ports # svnlite info
Path: .
Working Copy Root Path: /usr/ports
URL: https://svn0.us-west.freebsd.org/ports/head
Relative URL: ^/head
Repository Root: https://svn0.us-west.freebsd.org/ports
Repository UUID: 35697150-7ecd-e111-bb59-0022644237b5
Revision: 373147
Node Kind: directory
Schedule: normal
Last Changed Author: crees
Last Changed Rev: 373147
Last Changed Date: 2014-11-23 05:22:05 -0800 (Sun, 23 Nov 2014)

root at FBSDG5M1:/usr/ports # svnlite status
?       .snap
?       restoresymtable

root at FBSDG5M1:/usr/ports # more /etc/make.conf
WRKDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj/portswork

root at FBSDG5M1:/usr/src # svnlite status
?       .snap
?       restoresymtable
M       sys/ddb/db_main.c
M       sys/ddb/db_script.c
M       sys/powerpc/ofw/ofw_machdep.c
M       sys/powerpc/ofw/ofwcall64.S

root at FBSDG5M1:/usr/src # more /etc/src.conf
WITH_DEBUG_FILES=
WITHOUT_CLANG=
WITH_DEBUG=

(WITHOUT_CLANG is just because the last time I tried WITH_DEBUG_FILES with a clang build involved it failed. It has been some time since I retried that.)

root at FBSDG5M1:/usr/src # more sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64vtsc
include GENERIC64
ident   GENERIC64vtsc

nooptions       PS3                     #Sony Playstation 3               HACK!!! to allow sc

options         DDB                     # HACK!!! to dump early crash info
options         GDB                     # HACK!!! ...
#options        KTR
#options        KTR_MASK=KTR_TRAP
#options        KTR_CPUMASK=0xF
#options        KTR_VERBOSE

# HACK!!! to allow sc for 2560x1440 display on Radeon X1950 that vt mishandled
device          sc
#device          kbdmux         # HACK: already listed by vt
options         SC_OFWFB        # OFW frame buffer
options         SC_DFLT_FONT    # compile font in
makeoptions     SC_DFLT_FONT=cp437


===
Mark Millard
markmi at dsl-only.net