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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:22:32 -0500
From: Vulpes Velox <vvelox@vvelox.net>
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On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:17:56 -0400
Jim Trigg <jtrigg@spamcop.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 12:13:53PM -0500, Vulpes Velox wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:10:12 -0700 (PDT)
> > Your Name <bg271828@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I'd like to upgrade to the x.org series from XFree86.
> > > Is there any simple guide to how to do this? There's 
> > > nothing in /usr/ports/UPDATING. I see that some people
> > > have reported general success, but I'm worried that 
> > > I'll miss something or forget about rebuilding
> > > something in the three days it'll take to rebuild
> > > every X dependent
> > > port on my system.
> > 
> > build xorg-server, deinstall it, reinstall, it use pkgdb -uF to
> > fix :)
> > 
> > then repeat for what other xorg stuff you want :)
> > 
> > the pkgdb -uF is important... it will go through and update
> > /var/db/pkg so that all ports recognize using the new xlibs and
> > don't try to reinstall xfree86...
> > 
> > pkgdb is part of portupgrade
> 
> AFAICT, this won't really do anything -- there does not appear to be
> a real way to tell the ports system that you want X ports to depend
> on xorg instead of xfree.  Every X port appears to have xfree
> hardcoded.

Not sure, I think some do, but everything I have hear does not seem to
have that problem.