Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:07:53 +0200 From: Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> To: Damian Gerow <dgerow@afflictions.org> Cc: Fernando Sanchez <fsanchez@usfq.edu.ec> Subject: Re: xorg ports Message-ID: <40DBDD59.9040803@webonaut.com> In-Reply-To: <20040625012716.GI28051@afflictions.org> References: <40DB50B3.5070201@usfq.edu.ec> <20040625012716.GI28051@afflictions.org>
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Damian Gerow wrote: > Thus spake Fernando Sanchez (fsanchez@usfq.edu.ec) [24/06/04 18:07]: > : Does anybody knows if xorg ports are working? I just updated my ports > : tree before trying to switch from xfree to xorg, but I can't find any of > : the ports in my tree, I checked at the http://freebsd.org/ports/ for > : the xorg ports, for 5.2.1 there are no ports, for 5.2-current there are > : some ports, but no packages. Any help here? > > The ports are working perfectly. There's some odd internal dependancies > (I d/l'ed the fontserver package, and it depends on XFree86-something), > and every time I update a package that depends on something from X11, it > just assumes that it's an XFree86-something port that it's reading from, so > I need to 'pkgdb -F'. to avoid running pkgdb -F every time and as workaround until all dependencies are correct it's possible to set SANITY_CHECK = false in ${LOCALBASE}/etc/pkgtools.conf franz. > > Oddly, I also found the xorg ports to be faster. I really, truly do not > know why. (And in case anyone's curious, I'm using the NVidia specific > driver. Not that it should matter.) > > I just checked ftp.freebsd.org, and it's true, there aren't any binary > packages. Odd, as I installed two of 'em last week. But source building > (on -CURRENT) works like a charm.
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