Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4

2006-01-17 Thread offbyone
Andrew P. wrote: On 1/13/06, offbyone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 0.) How to change the underlying o.s. default expectation to XFree86 AND is this a good idea for the present and future of 5.x? Look at /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf Nope, that is not it. Turns out the solution for this is

Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4

2006-01-13 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 03:49:32PM +0100, offbyone wrote: > Thanks for the reminder about pkgtools.conf. > But about FreeBSD 6... > I still see a lot of complaints of headaches from people using 6, here > and on the -Stable mailing list, so I'm dubious. What about all the people you don't see co

Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4

2006-01-13 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 12:21:54PM +0100, offbyone wrote: > My problem: > Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match: > the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org > After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as > "stale

Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4

2006-01-13 Thread Andrew P.
On 1/13/06, offbyone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew P. - > Thanks for the reminder about pkgtools.conf. > But about FreeBSD 6... > I still see a lot of complaints of headaches from people using 6, here > and on the -Stable mailing list, so I'm dubious. The -stable mailing list has a purpose

Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4

2006-01-13 Thread offbyone
Andrew P. wrote: On 1/13/06, offbyone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My problem: Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match: the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as "stale

Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4

2006-01-13 Thread offbyone
Robert Slade wrote: On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 11:21, offbyone wrote: My problem: Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match: the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as "stal

Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4

2006-01-13 Thread Robert Slade
On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 11:21, offbyone wrote: > My problem: > Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match: > the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org > After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as > "stale dependency(i

Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4

2006-01-13 Thread Andrew P.
On 1/13/06, offbyone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My problem: > Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match: > the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org > After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as > "stale dependency(

XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4

2006-01-13 Thread offbyone
My problem: Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match: the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as "stale dependency(ies)" It's a bore repeatedly to point new and upgraded