FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3

[Paul Schmehl]

--On October 31, 2007 12:43:48 PM -0400 John <nesredep at gmail.com> wrote:

> I hope this is an appropriate list for this type of question; please let
> me know if another list is more suitable to newbie-type quesions.
>
> I've been using Linux for a long time, and every year or so I have a
> crack at *BSD to see what I'm missing.  But it never works out.
>
> So, trying again...
>
> I think I want to start with FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg upgraded to 7.3.  I
> tried to accomplish this over the course of several installs.  In the
> end, I decided this should work:
>
> a)  install 6.2, plain User setup (NOT with Xorg, and NOT with ports)
>
> b) portsnap fetch
>
> c) portsnap extract
>
> d) cd to /usr/ports/x11/xorg  and make install clean
>
> When I do pkg_version -v, it SEEMS to have installed the xorg that I
> want.
>
> Is this the right procedure to start with?

Yes, with one caveat.  You need to run mergebase.sh or manually create the 
symlink for /usr/X11R6.  /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh


>  Should I have set up that
> vulnerability database?
>
I assume you refer to portaudit?  I don't think the order you install it 
in is all that important.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/