Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 18:41:30 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Arno J. Klaassen" <arno@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: xorg 7.2 ready for testing Message-ID: <20070518224130.GA53214@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <wplkfl93nl.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> References: <20070510212817.GA67897@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070512153043.GA12201@graf.pompo.net> <cb5206420705121400j7600519ara3f239e1149053ee@mail.gmail.com> <wpzm4355ja.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> <wplkfl93nl.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr>
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On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 12:18:38AM +0200, Arno J. Klaassen wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> after solving the libthr.so problem being overwritten by the -m32 version,
> the upgrade went flawlessly in one hit. Congratulations!
>
> Nevertheless, three minor observations :
>
> - mergebase.sh failed (after resolving conflicts) with "Merge failed."
> But the script removes ${errfile}. A mv in case of error
> might be better to have a trace why (I bluntly restarted
> the script ...).
>
> - I did not have the xorg meta-port installed but just xorg-server.
> In that case, the upgrade path does not seem to install
> x11-drivers/xorg-drivers.
> This might be obvious for experienced xorg7.2 users, but for
> me as a newbie it took me some time to find (especially
> since this board has some VIA Unichrome VGA chipset which did
> not work under 6.9 either so I did not look directly for
> a missing port).
> It might be worthwhile to add a note on this.
>
>
> - As above, but this time for the fonts : x11-fonts/font-alias
> seems not to be installed if you have just a subset
> of xorg-fonts installed rather than the metaport.
Yes, you really need the metaport, at least at first (you could delete
stuff later if you decide you don't need it).
Kris
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