Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:13:51 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson <fatman.uk@gmail.com> To: Neil Short <neshort@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg update (not) - configuration for ports Message-ID: <46B06AEF.5090501@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <597769.9286.qm@web56511.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <597769.9286.qm@web56511.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Neil Short wrote: > several of my computers run just fine on the old xorg. > Is there some configuration tool I can put into some > makefile somewhere that will tell the ports to use the > un-updated version of xorg - so the ports won't try to > update stuff in the xorg libraries? > > I updated xorg on one computer that needed it and I > was shocked that every single application needed to be > recompiled - including the big woppers like open > office. I don't want to go through that again if I > don't have to. Hi Neil, There's a number of ways. This question was asked recently. You can use IGNORE lines in your portsmanager config, or HOLD_PKGS in pkgtools.conf if you prefer portupgrade. Adam J Richardson
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