From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 00:41:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F07BB16A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:41:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao03.cox.net (lakermmtao03.cox.net [68.230.240.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D70F43D45 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:41:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from dolphin.local.net ([68.11.71.51]) by lakermmtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02.01 201-2131-111-104-103-20040709) with ESMTP <20040724004121.OVCJ17122.lakermmtao03.cox.net@dolphin.local.net>; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:41:21 -0400 Received: from dolphin.local.net (localhost.local.net [127.0.0.1]) by dolphin.local.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6O0fM41079388; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:41:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@dolphin.local.net) Received: (from conrads@localhost) by dolphin.local.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6O0fMna079387; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:41:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.5 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1090629198.44506.3.camel@leguin> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:41:22 -0500 (CDT) Organization: A Rag-Tag Band of Drug-Crazed Hippies From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Eric Anholt cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: X.Org conversion X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: conrads@cox.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:41:24 -0000 On 24-Jul-2004 Eric Anholt wrote: > On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:25, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: >> On 24-Jul-2004 Eric Anholt wrote: >> > On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:07, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: >> >> >> >> Just one question: have the inconsistencies been worked out in >> >> translating XFree86 fonts package dependencies to Xorg fonts >> >> packages? Have all ports that depend on XFree86 fonts packages >> >> been adjusted, and if so, how was this issue resolved? >> > >> > Yes, it was dealt with by making those ports point at the font >> > package that provides truetype fonts. >> >> OK, but then what about the dependencies on Type1 fonts? Those have >> all just been dropped? Might it not be better to ensure that both >> packages are listed now as dependencies? > > Do those package actually depend on type1 fonts? If so, then they > should be fixed to depend on them. > > I didn't investigate deeply. I'm pretty sure they just want a pretty > scalable font. Could be. I haven't looked that closely at them, either. :-) Rather unfortunate, isn't it, that the font packages don't have a one-to-one correspondence between the two systems. Ah well, I'm sure this will all work itself out over time. I am just *so* pleased that the transition has finally come about and the tedious running of pkgdb after every portupgrade will no longer be necessary. Thanks once again for the great work! -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"