Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:28:33 -0500 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to install xorg using pkg_add Message-ID: <50EF2471.8050701@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <1357848489.2431.10.camel@q> References: <CAJfyLwdfCmMqBJmMkCkb0xdewPoro7LvECD-NB1au7vdNb9FMA@mail.gmail.com> <1357848489.2431.10.camel@q>
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Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-01-10 at 10:30 -0600, Scott Eberl wrote: >> [snip] I then updated to 9.1-RELEASE using freebsd-update. Everything >> seems to have gone smoothly but now I'm getting the below error when trying >> to isntall xorg. > > I upgraded from 8.3 to 9.1, > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2012-December/247579.html , without fixing anything until now, it was possible to build X today from /usr/ports/x11/xorg. > > Regarding to your issue, take a look at > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/ , there's no 9.1, IIUC > you need to use stable. > > Regards, > Ralf > Add this to your /root/.cshrc file setenv PACKAGESITE "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports /i386/packages-current/Latest/" and when you su to root your pkg_add -r command will now get current packages. Its still 6 weeks old, but it's the best FreeBSD has to offer right now for 9.1 users. Works for me.
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