Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:58:11 -0400 From: Robert Withrow <bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, glenngombert@zdnetonebox.com Subject: Re: Version of XFree86 in FreeBSD Release 4.4 Message-ID: <200109181358.JAA25623@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM> In-Reply-To: Message from Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> of "Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:23:54 %2B0930." <XFMail.20010918112354.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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doconnor@gsoft.com.au said: :- It's a pitty you can't pick either :) :- There are, of course, several issue, the most difficult is the fact :- that packages are built against XFree 3.3.6 and pkg_add can't 'adjust' :- that during install :( Seconded. We are in a straddling situation where some cards are better supported by 4.0 and other by 3.x. I've played with manually symlinking the stuff in /var/db, but I'd hardly recommend that as a general solution. I know it is slimy, but couldn't there be a dummy "port" just called "XFree86" that is what most other ports depend on? The minority of ports that actually care what version of X is installed could always use the version-specific names... -- Robert Withrow -- (+1 978 288 8256, ESN 248) BWithrow@NortelNetworks.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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