HEADSUP: X.Org conversion

[epilogue]

> > Eric Anholt <eta at lclark.edu> writes:

> > OK, the final version of the X.Org conversion patch has hit the tree. 
> > No ports appear to be broken by the upgrade at this time.  X.Org has
> > been made the default X distribution on -current.  Other versions of
> > FreeBSD retain the same default X distribution (XFree86) but can
> > upgrade by setting X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg in /etc/make.conf.
> >
> > To upgrade, you must remove your XFree86 ports and install the xorg
> > ports.  It couldn't be done with portupgrade, unfortunately, because we
> > are keeping the XFree86 ports around.  To upgrade:
> >
> > pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/imake-4* /var/db/pkg/XFree86-*
> > cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make install
> > pkgdb -F

> What dependencies do I tell pkgdb -F for the removed bitmap or scalable
> fonts stuff? Is there a "one size fits all" answer? If so, can it be
> noted in /usr/ports/UPDATING?

+1.

during the changeover, i wasn't prompted for bitmap, but when asked to
subsitute for scalable, i ended up changing the dependency to
xorg-fonts-truetype-6.7.0.  i imagine that i could also have used
xorg-fonts-type1-6.7.0.

would anyone know which is a better match?


thanks,
epi


> -- 
> Matthias Andree