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Date:      Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:48:18 -0800
From:      "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xorg 6.8.1
Message-ID:  <200502261548.19502.ringworm01@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050226224938.GB85405@thought.org>
References:  <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <20050226224938.GB85405@thought.org>

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On Saturday 26 February 2005 02:49 pm, you wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 01:38:22PM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > Try setting in /etc/make.conf
> >
> > X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xfree86-4
> >
> > There is an entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING about it.
> >
> > Upgrading with sysutils/portmanager should be able to reset all of
> > your dependencies after that.
>
> 	Thanks.  I did make the change in make.conf, but only after
> 	things began breaking when I tried to rebuild XFree86-4.
> 	If/when I try again, I'll set that variable first!
>
> 	gary

Gary, probably best to go with xorg anyways if your using 5-STABLE, but
if you choose XFree86-4 for some reason I think portmanager will 
correctly rebuild all ports that depend on the  XFree86-4 libraries.  
You wouldn't have to deinstall/reinstall everything manually.

-Mike



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