upgrade 6.2 to xorg 7.2

Oliver Fromme olli at lurza.secnetix.de
Fri Jun 8 17:18:34 UTC 2007


Stephen Clark wrote:
 > Tom Evans wrote:
 > > Stephen Clark wrote:
 > > I'd read /usr/ports/UPDATING again, if you follow the exact instructions
 > > 
 >                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I have it printed out sitting right 
 > in front of me.

Then there shouldn't be any problem.

 > But what about this paragraph under caveats from /usr/ports/UPDATING:
 > 
 > "Make sure you have the x11/xorg meta-port installed.  If you do not have
 >   this meta-port installed with X.Org 6.9, you will miss out on a lot of
 >   the new X.Org 7.2 sub-ports."

Exactly what that paragraph says.  I've read your first
email message again and I'm still unable to find out
what your actual problem is.  What exactly is unclear
to you, or what part of the update failed for you?
(Please paste the error message if you got one.)

Best regards
   Oliver

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