installing ports xorg

[Tim Judd]

On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 14:00 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
> Tim Judd wrote:
> > I'm getting ZERO feedback when I install the xorg metaport, updated
> > ports tree today.
> > 
> > # cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg
> > # make install
> > # 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > So what am i missing?
> > 
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-install.html
> > tells me to install this port.
> > 
> > 
> > I even deleted /var/db/pkg/* and /var/db/ports/* to try to hook it to
> > install...  Retrying the above install every time.  Nothing works.
> > 
> > What to do?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks....
> > 
> it will take many many hours to compile. If you read more in handbook it 
> also says you can install the package version which should only take 30 
> minutes.
> 
> pkg_add -r xorg
> 

that doesn't answer my original question.  I'm not interested in your
solution here, I want to build from source.

And I can take the many hours, i'm setting up a machine before it's
necessity and need to use it isn't now...


Again, why doesn't the port install correctly?