I did a pkg_delete and I think a 'make deinstall clean', then re-did my update process - which worked. All these months experimenting with FreeBSD I never saw anything in the UPDATING that effected me, and the first time I didn't look, it had the answer to my question, lol.
thanks! On 2/18/06, Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 18 February 2006 12:08, Xn Nooby wrote: > > its depressing when a fresh install fails > > > > i followed my normal fail-proof slow method of updating a fresh > > install, and it fails to update xterm, some of the messages are: > > > > ==> xterm-206_1 conflicts with installed packages: > > xorg-clients-6.8.2 > > *** Error code 1 > > > > .... > > > > ** Listing the failed packages > > ! x11/xterm (xterm-203) (install error) > > * x11/xorg-clients (xorg-clients-6.8.2) > > > > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.1. I hadnt even gotten to > > configuring with X, so I was surprised there was a problem there. > > the command tat generated the error was: > > > > portpgrade -arR > > > > > > I'm guessing other people will also be getting this error soon. > > > Maybe they read /usr/ports/UPDATING where > > 20051113: > AFFECTS: users of x11/xterm, x11/xorg-clients, x11/XFree86-4-clients > AUTHOR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Xterm no longer installs with '-static' prefix. Users should upgrade > XFree86-clients to 4.5.0_1 or xorg-clients to 6.8.2_1 or newer before > attempting upgrade of xterm to 206_1 or newer. Previous versions > remove > xterm on deinstall so CONFLICTS have been set accordingly. > > It worked for me back in November :). > > Kent > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > http://www.soyandina.com/ "I am Andean project". > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
