Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:02:56 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86-4.2 port is a horror!! Message-ID: <20020327090256.A79819@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20020327140252.S36644-100000@mail.physik.uni-mainz.de>; from ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 02:09:33PM %2B0100 References: <20020327140252.S36644-100000@mail.physik.uni-mainz.de>
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On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 02:09:33PM +0100, Hartmann, O. wrote: > I cvsupdated today the ports tree and saw that XFree86-4.2 has been > merged into the ports-tree. > > In the past it was a easy job to 'maintain' an existing X11 environment > by simply install a newer version over the older, except when a major > release change was merged, like XF86-3 to XF86-4. > > Doing an easy administrative job, keeping all the config stuff for our > site has been smashed by this 'new' release of a XFree86-4 major > release. It is impossible to simply 'make install' within the new > ports directory, I receive weird messages of 'installations', but effectively > there is nothing been installed. > > The only way to resolve was to move the old X11R6 dir to a secure place ... > Then the install works. > But: doing this seems to be a useful task for those using their "system' at > home, but whats up with a server, carrying many programs withing the X11R6-tree > which are needed by other important programs ... it costs a lot of work to reinstall! If done correctly, there is no need to reinstall anything. Upgrading to X 4.2.0 isn't quite as simple as doing a 'make install' in that particular port directory. X is installed via separate components now, with the X 4.2.0 port just being the organizer and installing all of the separate components. See the makefile. The best way I've found to upgrade is to deinstall your old X install via pkg_delete, then install the new version. Just installing a new version over the old one is a terrible idea if you're using the ports system. You're going to end up with a lot of cruft eventually. > > Maybe it is easier to keep a 'hand-made' installation by the self-patched > original sources in the tree ... > > -- > MfG > O. Hartmann > mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "MAY I GROW 3000 PLANTS???" - Little Girl from "3005 PLANTS" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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