Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:30:59 -0500 From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, Mon Si <mon.si@gmx.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_delete: package 'xorg-drivers-7.3' doesn't have a prefix Message-ID: <47755D03.6040001@wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <584BD35A-01ED-495C-B579-1507C0444E3E@gmail.com> References: <20071228175444.93100@gmx.net> <477544BC.4070009@math.missouri.edu> <584BD35A-01ED-495C-B579-1507C0444E3E@gmail.com>
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If you vi /usr/ports/UPDATING and search for fearless, it comes right up: 20070519: AFFECTS: users of Xorg AUTHOR: kris@FreeBSD.org Welcome, fearless user! You are about to embark upon a mystical journey to the world of xorg 7.2. Eric Crist wrote: > On Dec 28, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > >> Mon Si wrote: >>> Dear list, >>> I'm experiencing problems when I try to portupgrade the xorg-driver >>> port. The old version of the port can't be uninstalled during the >>> portupgrade due to an undefined prefix. >>> The port can't be deleted by "pkg_delete -f xorg-drivers-7.3" >>> Does anybody know how to upgrade / remove this port? >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Simon >> >> If nothing else works, you could try >> rm -rf /var/db/pkg/xorg-drivers-7.3 > > If I remember correctly, there are detailed instructions in > /usr/ports/UPDATING -- go back to notes for sometime in May of 2007, > and there's a really long entry on upgraded to Xorg 7.x from 6.9. I > think the entry specifically mentions 7.2, but it should work for 7.3 > as well. > > HTH > ----- > Eric F Crist > Secure Computing Networks > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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