On 05/06/05 16:39, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> i looked at the 20040723 entry again, but there is nothing more to do
>> (in my case) listed there. also 20040723 gives instructions for 5.x,
>> FreeBSD-current, -stable and older -current, but doesn't explicitly
>> mention -release (which is what i run).
>
> 4.x was the -STABLE branch at the time of that entry.
> You are running 4.9, which was a release from the -STABLE branch.
>
> Just follow the advice that entry gives for -stable and you'll be fine.
>
lowell,
thanks for the response. greatly appreciated -- i was afraid my post
would be buried by the archive copyright debate ;-). w.r.t your advice:
i did follow the instructions in UPDATING. i am sure i am missing
something obvious. here's the entry:
> 20040723:
> AFFECTS: users of FreeBSD-current, users of xorg
> AUTHOR: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The XFREE86_VERSION variable is deprecated and has been replaced by the
> X_WINDOW_SYSTEM variable. X_WINDOW_SYSTEM may be set to xorg, xfree86-4,
> or
> xfree86-3. X_WINDOW_SYSTEM defaults to xorg on FreeBSD-current. If you
> are
> switching to xorg, you should follow this set of commands to cleanly
> upgrade:
>
> pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/imake-4* /var/db/pkg/XFree86-*
> cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make install
> pkgdb -F
>
> Users of -stable or older -current can switch to X.Org by setting
> X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg in make.conf and following the same process.
>
> Alternately, FreeBSD 5.x and later users can use portupgrade with
> packages:
> cd /var/db/pkg
> <rest deleted since 5.x instructions not applicable>
>
i did the pkg_delete -f, xorg make install and ran pkgdb -F. i also set
X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg in /etc/make.conf.
i still get errors from portupgrade, etc., regarding stale dependencies
on imake-4 and various XFree86 ports.
--ravi
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