Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 20:31:21 +1000 From: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com> To: Denis DeLaRoca <denis@acacia.cts.ucla.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Warning: XFree86-3.3.3.1 is required but not found" Message-ID: <19990416203121.A21662@corp.au.triax.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904160143180.19064-100000@acacia.cts.ucla.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904160143180.19064-100000@acacia.cts.ucla.edu>
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On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 at 01:47:42 -0700, Denis DeLaRoca wrote: > On a FreeBSD system, every time I install an X application from the > ports collection, sysinstall issues warnings like > > Warning: XFree86-3.3.3.1 is a required package but wasn't found. > > doesn't FBSD 3.1 come with X 3.3.3.1 already? Where's sysinstall > looking at for the version of X? > This happens because XFree86 doesn't register itself in /var/db/pkg as a package. All you need to do to fix it is: cd /var/db/pkg mkdir XFree86-3.3.3.1 -- Jim Mock System Administrator jim@corp.au.triax.com ,-._|\ FreeBSD work: Triax Internet Services http://www.triax.com/ / \ The personal: http://www.triax.com/~jim/ \_,--._/ Power To The FreeBSD 'zine http://www.freebsdzine.org/ v Serve! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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