Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:04:15 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, 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: <20071230180415.bvf80bd6hsgk48cc@www.boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <584BD35A-01ED-495C-B579-1507C0444E3E@gmail.com> References: <20071228175444.93100@gmx.net> <477544BC.4070009@math.missouri.edu> <584BD35A-01ED-495C-B579-1507C0444E3E@gmail.com>
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Quoting Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com>: > 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, >>> =09Simon >> >> 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. > The following worked for me: In /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers do make config then portupgrade -f xorg-drivers Peter --=20 http://www.boosten.org
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