Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:16:51 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Eric Ekong <eric@unixtechs.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xterm conflicts with xorg-clients Message-ID: <4378D493.4040702@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20051114174604.GA39825@blackguy> References: <pan.2005.11.14.17.02.43.659160@io.dk> <4378C7C0.8080308@dial.pipex.com> <20051114174604.GA39825@blackguy>
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Eric Ekong wrote: >Check /usr/ports/UPDATING. There should be a fairly recent >entry discussing how to deal with this. Actually it is the first >listing in /usr/ports/UPDATING.... > >20051113: > AFFECTS: users of x11/xterm, x11/xorg-clients, x11/XFree86-4-clients > AUTHOR: x11@FreeBSD.org > > 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. > > This does *not* explain what to do when the xorg-clients build *fails* when nvidia-driver is installed, nor how to recover if you do something like delete the xterm port. This entry explains why upgrading xterm before xorg-clients will fail, but not why upgrading xorg-clients fails. --Alex
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