Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:34:14 -0400 From: Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@seclark.us> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade 6.2 to xorg 7.2 Message-ID: <4669A126.3010703@seclark.us> In-Reply-To: <20070608182421.CBAF545042@ptavv.es.net> References: <20070608182421.CBAF545042@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman wrote: >>Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:45:34 -0400 >>From: Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@seclark.us> >>Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> >>Tom Evans wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 09:22 -0400, Stephen Clark wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hello List, >>>> >>>>A few weeks ago I installed 6.2. I did a cvsup of the ports and now >>>>anytime I try to make >>>>anything that uses X I get something like the following: >>>> >>>>===> Patching for tk-8.5.a.6_1 >>>>===> Applying FreeBSD patches for tk-8.5.a.6_1 >>>>===> tk-8.5.a.6_1 depends on file: /usr/local/libdata/xorg/libraries - >>>>not found >>>>===> Verifying install for /usr/local/libdata/xorg/libraries in >>>>/usr/ports/x11/xorg-libraries >>>>Read /usr/ports/UPDATING for the procedure to upgrade or install xorg 7.2. >>>>*** Error code 1 >>>> >>>> >>>>I have been following the thread on xorg 7.2. >>>> >>>>The /usr/src/UPDATING says under caveats >>>>"Make sure you have the x11/xorg meta-port installed" >>>> >>>>When I run make in the x11/xorg dir I get the following which >>>>says use portupgrade if you want to upgrade X.Org. >>>> >>>> >>>>/usr/ports/x11/xorg]# make >>>>This is a meta-port, meaning that it just depends on its subparts of the >>>>port. >>>>It won't build and install all the parts until you have typed make install >>>>This port does not ensure things are upgraded; use portupgrade if you >>>>want to >>>>upgrade X.Org. If you simply type 'make install' it may use over 2GB to >>>>build >>>>all of the subports. You can install the ports singly if you are low on >>>>space. >>>> >>>>So now which is it? >>>> >>>>Use the meta port or portupgrade? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>I'd read /usr/ports/UPDATING again, if you follow the exact instructions >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I have it printed out sitting right >>in front of me. >> >> >> >>>in that file, you won't have many problems. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>But what about this paragraph under caveats from /usr/ports/UPDATING: >> >>"Make sure you have the x11/xorg meta-port installed. If you do not have >> this meta-port installed with X.Org 6.9, you will miss out on a lot of >> the new X.Org 7.2 sub-ports." >> >> > >Do you have xorg-6.9 installed before starting? If not, you might well >want to install it after the upgrade. If it is already installed, it >will be automatically upgraded, so don't worry about it. > >That said, my experience in updating about a dozen systems is to roll >the ports tree back to before 7.2 was committed and install xorg >(portinstall xorg) before starting the upgrade. It's not essential that >you do so, but it does eliminate some rough edges in the upgrade as the >main test case was almost certainly with xorg-6.9 installed on systems >prior to the upgrade. > > I have xorg-6.9 installed from the release iso - I selected x-kernel-developer Does this install all the things that would be installed from the xorg meta port? Because if I do a pkg_info I don't see anything that says xorg meta port. This is my work - workstation and I don't want to fubar it. Thanks to all who have responded. Steve -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)
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