4.9-RELEASE Xorg switch question

[ravi]

On 05/06/05 16:39, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> ravi <gadfly at 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 at 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     The XFREE86_VERSION variable is deprecated and has been replaced by the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