--- Joe Marcus Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 07:04, Thanos Tsouanas wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > > > I have the current Xft port installed and when i pkg_deleted (-f) xscreensaver and > > gkrellm2 so > as > > to reinstall the new versions from the port, i got an error while make, > > complaining about > > /usr/libexec/ld not being able to find -lXft2 > > > > I tried deinstalling and reinstalling Xft2 but i still have the same problem. > > > > Now i cannot install anything that uses Xft :( > > > > Any ideas? > > I'm running freebsd4.7 , with the ports tree being cvsup'ed to the 'current' > > version. > > You missed my HEADS UP. In order to properly recover after the recent > Xft upgrade, you need to do a portupgrade -rf Xft. Yes, this takes an > exceptionally long time, but things like this are rare, and it's really > the only way to get back on track and stay there. > > Joe >
Thanks!! I'm dloading the portupgrade port right now, i've never used it.. Shud i use it whenever im upgrading a port, or is the pkg_delete / make reinstall solution better? Yours. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
