From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 1 17:03:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABBB9106564A; Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:03:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gaijin.k@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f21.google.com (mail-gx0-f21.google.com [209.85.217.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27E048FC1D; Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:03:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gaijin.k@gmail.com) Received: by gxk14 with SMTP id 14so1230249gxk.19 for ; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:03:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:cc :in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version :x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nuhEZFL+TQbYOUe8e8Rk6qILhvpmt7FPlGWuecM7FHk=; b=CFJYumtWumkf/IZ422LOp7F+g9JkYkSPpbjo4fFgg/euI+oNXy9CDt6QlhHVvMGsSg OQ5aIb81VEkPQY6ji8Tiv/lf1HcmerXJ7gl0hGxtJlmAzSPZUOSqH8u+5cBCvReXeKCn eg4O61AojAC8zh1pm7QxZNeea+FUq1YMttpI4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date :message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=m3eL6m/T2nzZSFuhwbY4o7d5PXLZEPsp/aPoRMQjqhx6BJy4tKRbRC0oa7hWzBTFxk IwVFFskf/WF/oqN0bTMRkYiGokrg+Tio6/dyaebKgay3RRFTasJs5iZsjv/jjgQuWDGL YqeyR3NmyoEL/I1vI15xvQnRbqqAQywMki2WY= Received: by 10.90.99.3 with SMTP id w3mr2145781agb.111.1233507810354; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:03:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.3.231? (pool-70-111-172-146.nwrk.east.verizon.net [70.111.172.146]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm6239039agc.10.2009.02.01.09.03.29 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:03:29 -0800 (PST) From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" To: Alex Goncharov In-Reply-To: References: <200901311153.58361.vehemens@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:03:06 -0500 Message-Id: <1233507786.61410.9.camel@RabbitsDen> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unhappy Xorg upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:03:32 -0000 On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 16:25 -0500, Alex Goncharov wrote: > ,--- You/vehemens (Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:53:58 -0800) ----* > | In general when upgrading, you take your chances. If a port upgrade > | fails, you should fall back to what worked. > > So, a *fundamental* (practically an OS component) port is brought in > -- and it disables my system. What is my way of action? Right -- > install the old packages, taken from an FTP site (is there a way to > get the previous "source", that is all the ports/*/*/Makefile files? > Csup can only go forward -- or can it go back?) > > When I install the old packages, I can no longer rebuild and install > new (say `csup'ed on 2009-03-01) port components, as one whole -- I > can only do it selectively, excluding from the upgrade most > X-dependent things. That sucks and will lead to a problem earlier or > later. Will combination of sysutils/portdowngrade and HOLD_PKGS variable in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf accomplish what you are trying to accomplish? -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko