XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4

[offbyone]

Robert Slade wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 

Yes, from 5.1-RELEASE on CD-ROM; cvsup to 5.4-STABLE and built from source.

# uname -a is:
FreeBSD <localhost.localdomain> 5.4-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 
#0: Sun Jan  8 15:26:20 CET 2006

X.org is included in the distribution, and I knew about the changed 
default. I just reflexively went with XFree86 during the install, out of 
long-established habit with FreeBSD.

- Jake