Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 08:44:26 +0200 From: <Helge.Oldach@atosorigin.com> To: <kris@obsecurity.org>, <des@des.no> Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: ports/x11/xorg-libraries Makefile Message-ID: <39AFDF50473FED469B15B6DFF2262F7A02DC3A4B@DEHHX001.deuser.de.intra> References: <200705220728.l4M7S2ZL053720@repoman.freebsd.org><864pm5ntxl.fsf@dwp.des.no><20070522190716.GA77363@xor.obsecurity.org><86hcq4zlrq.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070522195245.GA18766@xor.obsecurity.org>
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owner-cvs-ports@freebsd.org wrote on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 9:53 PM: > On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:44:09PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: >> Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: >>> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: >>>> I don't understand why one would need to jump through hoops to >>>> install X.org 7.2 on a clean system. >>> There are a few reasons, mostly to do with old systems and getting >>> the symlink. Note that in the "clean" case some of the >>> instructions are NOPs. >>=20 >> Please explain to me why, on a fresh FreeBSD install with no ports >> installed and no /usr/local/ or /usr/X11R6/, I shouldn't be allowed >> to "cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make install clean". >=20 > We are still working out the details on getting the symlink created > automatically.=20 Err... Just like Dag-Erling explained, I trapped over exactly this issue upon a fresh Xorg install yesterday. IMHO it should work straight = without any convulsions like creating obsolete symlinks. Please make it simple. Helge Atos Origin GmbH, Theodor-Althoff-Str. 47, D-45133 Essen, Postfach 100 123, D-45001 Essen Telefon: +49 201 4305 0, Fax: +49 201 4305 689095, www.atosorigin.de Dresdner Bank AG, Hamburg: Kto. 0954411200, BLZ 200 800 00, Swift Code DRESDEFF200, IBAN DE69200800000954411200 Geschäftsführer: Dominique Illien, Handelsregister Essen HRB 19354, Ust.-ID.-Nr.: DE147861238
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