Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:50:37 -0600 From: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: Mon Si <mon.si@gmx.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_delete: package 'xorg-drivers-7.3' doesn't have a prefix Message-ID: <584BD35A-01ED-495C-B579-1507C0444E3E@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <477544BC.4070009@math.missouri.edu> References: <20071228175444.93100@gmx.net> <477544BC.4070009@math.missouri.edu>
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On Dec 28, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Mon Si wrote: >> Dear list, >> I'm experiencing problems when I try to portupgrade the xorg-driver >> port. The old version of the port can't be uninstalled during the >> portupgrade due to an undefined prefix. >> The port can't be deleted by "pkg_delete -f xorg-drivers-7.3" >> Does anybody know how to upgrade / remove this port? >> Thanks in advance, >> Simon > > If nothing else works, you could try > rm -rf /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3 If I remember correctly, there are detailed instructions in /usr/ports/ UPDATING -- go back to notes for sometime in May of 2007, and there's a really long entry on upgraded to Xorg 7.x from 6.9. I think the entry specifically mentions 7.2, but it should work for 7.3 as well. HTH ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks
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