4.9-RELEASE Xorg switch question

ravi gadfly at exitleft.org
Thu May 12 13:54:52 PDT 2005


On 05/06/05 17:49, Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
> ravi wrote:
> 
>>>    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.
>>
>> 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.
>>  
> Stupid question, but you did run these as root?  I followed this same
> procedure and remember no hitches.  Even upgraded gnome as well, and
> everything came back working.  Clutching at straws, have you cvsup-ed
> your ports?  Does pkgdb -F run cleanly?  Does pkg_info show anything
> unexpected as being installed (such as imake or XFree)?
> 

yes: ran as root, cvsup'ed ports. pkgdb -F reports a whole host of stale
dependencies on XFree86* and imake-4. pkg_info shows nothing but
imake-6.8.2 (and the only xfree86 related package shown is warpper-1.0_3).

thanks for the response!

	--ravi


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