[HEADS UP] WITH_NEW_XORG is now the default on FreeBSD 10 and 9 stable

[Niclas Zeising]

On 05/12/14 18:18, Fbsd8 wrote:
>>> Author: zeising
>>> Date: Wed Apr 16 18:28:47 2014
>>> New Revision: 351411
>>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/351411
>>> QAT: https://qat.redports.org/buildarchive/r351411/
>>>
>>> Log:
>>>   The FreeBSD x11@ and graphics team proudly presents
>>>     NEW XORG ON FREEBSD 9-STABLE AND 10-STABLE
>>>     This update switches over to use the new xorg stack by default on
>>> FreeBSD 9
>>>   and 10 stable, on os versions where vt(9) is available.
>>>   It is still possible to use the old stack by specifying
>>> WITHOUT_NEW_XORG in
>>>   /etc/make.conf .
>>>   FreeBSD 8-STABLE and released versions of FreeBSD still use
>>>   the old version.
>>>   A package repository with binary packages for new xorg will
>>>   be available soon.
>>>     This patch also contains updates of libxcb and related ports,
>>> pixman, as well
>>>   as some drivers and utilities.
>>>     Bump portrevisions for xf86-* ports, as well as
>>> virtualbox-ose-additions due
>>>   to xserver version change.
>>>     Apart from these updates, the way shared libraries are handled
>>> has been
>>>   changed for all xorg ports, as well as libxml2 and freetype, which
>>> means
>>>   ltverhack is gone and as a consequence shared libraries have been
>>> bumped.
>>>   The plan is that this change will make library bumps less likely in
>>> the
>>>   future.
>>>   All affected ports have had their portrevisions bumped as a
>>> consequence of
>>>   this.
>>>     Fix some issues where WITH_NEW_XORG weren't detected properly on
>>> CURRENT.
>>>     Update instructions, hardware support, and more notes can be
>>> found on
>>>   https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics
>>>   
> 
> My host is running 10.0-RELEASE-p2 with jails. I would like to test new
> xorg with vt(9) in a jail. The above new release states that the new
> xorg will soon have a pkgng version.
> 
> Is that available yet?
> If it is what is the pkgng package name to use?
> Is vt available in 10.0-RELEASE?
> If not is there a port or package for it?
> Note; I am not member of this list so be sure to reply all.

For hardware access reasons, I believe it is not possible to run X in a
jail currently.
Regards!
-- 
Niclas