Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:22:40 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson <fatman.uk@gmail.com> To: Richard Tobin <richard@inf.ed.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Easy switch to xorg 7.2? Message-ID: <46BD2B80.7030103@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <20070810230130.BF73324A339@macpro.inf.ed.ac.uk> References: <20070810230130.BF73324A339@macpro.inf.ed.ac.uk>
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Richard Tobin wrote: > I just did a 6.2-RELEASE install, only to find when I tried to install > some packages from stable that everything has switched to Xorg 7.2. > Can I just pkg_delete all the old xorg* packages and then pkg_add the > new ones? Is "pkg_add -r xorg" all I need? > > -- Richard Hi Richard, It's trickier this time. You should read the comments on Xorg in /usr/ports/UPDATING, even if you're installing and not updating. I've given up for the moment due to some weird problem with missing OpenGL drivers. I'll install Xorg 7.2 [or higher?] when I upgrade to 7.0-RELEASE. Regards, Adam J Richardson
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