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Date:      Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:21:33 +0200
From:      Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
To:        gljennjohn@googlemail.com
Cc:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Alexey Shuvaev <shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
Subject:   Re: xorg-server 1.7.7
Message-ID:  <4CE141ED.6070705@icyb.net.ua>
In-Reply-To: <20101115151614.4a5522c5@ernst.jennejohn.org>
References:  <4CD7C15D.2010203@icyb.net.ua>	<20101108150306.GB17517@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>	<4CD8132D.9090902@icyb.net.ua>	<20101113192506.GC29660@lonesome.com>	<4CDEE881.201@icyb.net.ua>	<alpine.BSF.2.00.1011140912370.20050@wonkity.com>	<4CE01110.6030102@icyb.net.ua>	<alpine.BSF.2.00.1011141218580.20557@wonkity.com> <20101115151614.4a5522c5@ernst.jennejohn.org>

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on 15/11/2010 16:16 Gary Jennejohn said the following:
> 1.9.2 requires an update of MESA to a much more recent version than we
> currently have in ports.  I tried the "modify Makefile and install"
> route yesterday and it failed because of that.

I have installed and been using newer Mesa for quite a while now, without any
issue.  I also satisfied other updates needed for xorg server 1.9.2 (don't
remember what they were, some two other xorg lightweight ports).

But personally for me the following bug is a showstopper for using 1.8.x or 1.9.x:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28181

> I installed 1.7.7 the end of September, without modifying/reinstalling
> any other ports, and it just worked.

This matches my experience too - no hassle, no problems.

-- 
Andriy Gapon



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