Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 13:05:10 -0700 From: bmah@acm.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: Heiner Eichmann <h.eichmann@gmx.de> Cc: qa@FreeBSD.org, "dsyphers@uchicago.edu" <dsyphers@uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Missing /var/db/pgk entry for XFree after installation Message-ID: <200206042005.g54K5Aqm062774@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <SAK.2002.06.04.hietbips@eddie> References: <SAK.2002.06.04.hietbips@eddie>
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If memory serves me right, Heiner Eichmann wrote: > During the FreeDSB installation, I have choosen to install X-Windows and KDE > as well. Immediately afterwards I tried to upgrade to KDE3 using the ports wh > ich failed. After contacting David Syphers I guessed, > that the missing XFree entry in /var/db/pgk was the reason. So I installed XF > ree 3 again (which created the required entry) and afterwards the KDE upgrade > succeeded. As suggested by David I report this to you. > If possible, the installation of components by sysinstall should keep track o > f the installed components in /var/db/pgk to keep the database consistent! Unlike older versions of FreeBSD, sysinstall in FreeBSD 4.6 will install XFree86 as a set of several normal binary package (thus making the proper additions to /var/db/pkg). Package dependencies will be fulfilled as with any other package installation, and you can run the usual pkg_version/ pkg_info/portupgrade programs on it or its components. In other words, it should just Do The Right Thing (TM) in this regard. (FYI, 4.6-RELEASE will also use XFree86 4.2.0 by default, instead of 3.3.6.) Bruce. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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