XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4
Robert Slade
bsd at bathnetworks.com
Fri Jan 13 05:08:43 PST 2006
On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 11:21, offbyone wrote:
> My problem:
> Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match:
> the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org
> After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as
> "stale dependency(ies)" It's a bore repeatedly to point new and upgraded
> ports to XFree86-libraries-4.5.0, etc. (and there is no XFree86
> component that corresponds directly to X.org-TrueType, or is there?)
> My questions:
> 0.) How to change the underlying o.s. default expectation to XFree86 AND
> is this a good idea for the present and future of 5.x?
> 1.) Is a better solution to bite the bullet, deinstall all XFree86
> components and install X.org, since FreeBDS is 5.x?
> (N.B. I do not want to start a flame over XFree86 vs. X.org. That's a
> too-old and pointless debate, and I have no inherent reason to prefer
> one over the other.)
> Thanks, very much. for more info, suggestions.
> Jake
>
Jake,
I am sorry I do not have an answer. but when I installed 5.4 not long
ago it installed Xorg as the default from the iso. Did you update to 5.4
from an earlier version?
Rob
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