Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:28:27 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: X11 installl dependencies not complete, doesn't result in running X11 Message-ID: <20061023062827.GA17813@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org>
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Hi, the x11 dependencies, when installing an x11 based software, are incomplete. If you have no ports installed yet and install an X11 based software like a windowmanager, then I would expect, that our ports collection installs at least a minimum working X11 installation. But it does not. It installs xorg libraries but no xorg server and no needed fonts to run the X11 server. After installing the xorg server manually, and running Xorg -configure and then try to run it, then you will see that it still crashes because of missing standard fonts. For example the fixed fonts were missing. Would it please be possible to fix the xorg ports dependencies, so that xorg gets installed useable if one chooses to install an x11 based software ? Normally our ports collection works this way to resolve build-, install-, run-dependencies completely. But in the X11 case I see since a long time (years) that it fails miserably in this. Is there a certain intention behind it ? Don't tell, because there are 2 X11 servers in the ports collection. Since then it would be another mistake that the xorg-libraries gets installed the way it works now ... Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 6 Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/
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