Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 12:32:38 -0700 From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> To: chip.wiegand@simrad.com Cc: "freebsd-questions @ freebsd. org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question about the port for XFree86-4 Message-ID: <20020418193238.GD2443@helios.dub.net> In-Reply-To: <OF02E75194.5A576123-ON88256B9F.005CC90C-88256B9F.005CFBE1@simrad.no> References: <OF02E75194.5A576123-ON88256B9F.005CC90C-88256B9F.005CFBE1@simrad.no>
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 at 09:55:03 -0700, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: > owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wrote on 04/17/2002 11:13:01 PM: > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 at 22:11:38 +0000, Chip Wiegand wrote: > > > I just set up a freebsd-4.5r box and then built xfree86-4 from the > > > ports. After I got it working I noticed pkg_info shows > > > xfree86-4.1.0_12,1, but looking at the ports on the freebsd web > > > site I see xfree86-4.2.0_1,1. No sign of 4.1.0_12,1. This is a new > > > install, not from cd but via ftp from the main freebsd site. Any > > > idea why it would install an older version than what the main site > > > shows as current? > > > > Because the ports tree you got is from 4.5-R, which had X 4.1.0. > > Thanks, guess I should run cvsup right after the new install then > install any and all apps. That's pretty much what you have to do if you want the latest ports tree and not the one from when the release was cut. - jim -- jim mock <mij@soupnazi.org> http://soupnazi.org/ | jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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