Xorg 6.8.1

Michael C. Shultz ringworm01 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 26 23:53:11 GMT 2005


On Saturday 26 February 2005 02:49 pm, you wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 01:38:22PM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > Try setting in /etc/make.conf
> >
> > X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xfree86-4
> >
> > There is an entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING about it.
> >
> > Upgrading with sysutils/portmanager should be able to reset all of
> > your dependencies after that.
>
> 	Thanks.  I did make the change in make.conf, but only after
> 	things began breaking when I tried to rebuild XFree86-4.
> 	If/when I try again, I'll set that variable first!
>
> 	gary

Gary, probably best to go with xorg anyways if your using 5-STABLE, but
if you choose XFree86-4 for some reason I think portmanager will 
correctly rebuild all ports that depend on the  XFree86-4 libraries.  
You wouldn't have to deinstall/reinstall everything manually.

-Mike



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