Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:24:02 -0500 (EST) From: doug@safeport.com To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xorg-7.4_2 error (was xorg 7.4 questions) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912302108341.13735@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912301815310.73499@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912281211530.80053@oceanpt.safeport.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912281135550.40512@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912281418450.80053@oceanpt.safeport.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912281346440.41055@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912281652410.80053@oceanpt.safeport.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912281504230.41253@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912281851160.80053@oceanpt.safeport.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912290825290.45036@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912301314460.8622@oceanpt.safeport.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912301603230.13735@fledge.watson.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912301557440.73034@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912301942340.13735@fledge.watson.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912301815310.73499@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, doug@safeport.com wrote: > >>> After updating ports, 'portsdb -Fu' and 'portversion -vL=' will show >>> what's outdated. (That's with portupgrade installed. Some would have you >>> believe it's second in evil only to HAL. Maybe true, but it works.) >>> >>> And then 'portupgrade -r portname' (or 'portupgrade -ar', if you like) >>> should upgrade the outdated stuff and everything that depends on it. And >>> -P or -PP might help by retrieving packages, although I haven't tried that >>> in years. >> >> This includes libc? man 2 libc > > Doh, I was thinking of ports, not system. Some ports have code to check for > system version requirements, and I'd expect packages to do the same thing. > But they're moving targets, and developers and porters can't check all the > combinations. First building the system does indeed solve all xorg package problems. Second I am not sure I agree with your statement. I think the answer is relatively easy: (1) build packages against the base release, or, (2) document the problem, or lastly (3) have the port management tools check for this. While I am not sure if (3) is possible, I am pretty sure (2) is. Anyway X and its successor Xorg is at once the great leveler and I have learned more about FreeBSD getting my Desktops going than any other single activity. I appreciate all the time you spent leading me to the solution. Bouncing thoughts and ideas with you was most helpful. I wanted to post my original comment and this to make explicit that a version 7 package will not necessarily work on a 7.2 system. I certainly do not have the knowledge to know what system libraries a port is built on. This was actually quite easy to find because of the error. If there is no error you are left doing a ktrace or something. By the way have gotten the error and figuring out that libc was involved, I did not understand the implication, I had help there.
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