upgrade 6.2 to xorg 7.2

[Nikolay Pavlov]

On Friday,  8 June 2007 at 14:34:14 -0400, Stephen Clark wrote:
> Kevin Oberman wrote:
> 
> >>Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:45:34 -0400
> >>From: Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark at seclark.us>
> >>Sender: owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> >>
> >>Tom Evans wrote:
> >>
> >>   
> >>>On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 09:22 -0400, Stephen Clark wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>>>Hello List,
> >>>>
> >>>>A few weeks ago I installed 6.2. I did a cvsup of the ports and now anytime I try to make
> >>>>anything that uses X I get something like the following:
> >>>>
> >>>>===>  Patching for tk-8.5.a.6_1
> >>>>===>  Applying FreeBSD patches for tk-8.5.a.6_1
> >>>>===>   tk-8.5.a.6_1 depends on file: /usr/local/libdata/xorg/libraries - not found
> >>>>===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/libdata/xorg/libraries in /usr/ports/x11/xorg-libraries
> >>>>Read /usr/ports/UPDATING for the procedure to upgrade or install xorg 7.2.
> >>>>*** Error code 1
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I have been following the thread on xorg 7.2.
> >>>>
> >>>>The /usr/src/UPDATING says under caveats
> >>>>"Make sure you have the x11/xorg meta-port installed"
> >>>>
> >>>>When I run make  in the x11/xorg dir I get  the following which
> >>>>says use portupgrade if you want to upgrade X.Org.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>/usr/ports/x11/xorg]# make
> >>>>This is a meta-port, meaning that it just depends on its subparts of the port.
> >>>>It won't build and install all the parts until you have typed make install
> >>>>This port does not ensure things are upgraded; use portupgrade if you want to
> >>>>upgrade X.Org.  If you simply type 'make install' it may use over 2GB to build
> >>>>all of the subports.  You can install the ports singly if you are low on space.
> >>>>
> >>>>So now which is it?
> >>>>
> >>>>Use the meta port or portupgrade?
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>Steve
> >>>>
> >>>>  
> >>>>       
> >>>I'd read /usr/ports/UPDATING again, if you follow the exact instructions
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I have it printed out sitting right in front of me.
> >>
> >>   
> >>>in that file, you won't have many problems.
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>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."
> >>   
> >
> >Do you have xorg-6.9 installed before starting? If not, you might well
> >want to install it after the upgrade. If it is already installed, it
> >will be automatically upgraded, so don't worry about it.
> >
> >That said, my experience in updating about a dozen systems is to roll
> >the ports tree back to before 7.2 was committed and install xorg
> >(portinstall xorg) before starting the upgrade. It's not essential that
> >you do so, but it does eliminate some rough edges in the upgrade as the
> >main test case was almost certainly with xorg-6.9 installed on systems
> >prior to the upgrade.
> > 
> I have xorg-6.9 installed from the release iso - I selected x-kernel-developer
> 
> Does this install all the things that would be installed from the xorg meta port? Because
> if I do a pkg_info I don't see anything that says xorg meta port.
> 
> This is my work - workstation and I don't want to fubar it.

If this is your working workstation i recomend to wait for packages. You
will lost the day or two or even more.

> 
> Thanks to all who have responded.
> 
> Steve
> 
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