HEADSUP: X.Org conversion

[Dejan Lesjak]

On Monday 26 of July 2004 21:26, epilogue wrote:
> > 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?

That would depend on port that depends on either of scalable fonts:
The change goes thusly:

XFree86-4-fontDefaultBitmaps  ->  xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps

                         +->  xorg-fonts-truetype
XFree86-4-fontScalable  -+
                         +->  xorg-fonts-type1

Most ports that depend on scalable fonts probably want truetype ones. 
Moreover, when port that depended on XFree86-4-fontScalable is upgraded, it 
will pick up the dependancy it wants. The easy way is to have both ports 
installed and let future upgrades register the right dependancy as specified 
by maintainers. Though if you want to, you can check which one the port 
expects in it's Makefile.

Dejan