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Subject:    Re: HEADS UP:  XFree86 4.2.0 going back in the tree
From:       Kris Kennaway <kris () obsecurity ! org>
Date:       2002-03-18 21:47:13
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On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 09:57:43PM +0100, Jochem Kossen wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 03:53:43PM -0500, Will Andrews wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 08:28:07PM +0100, Jochem Kossen wrote:
> > > > This seems to be the only report that XFree86-4-clients is
> > > > broken.  Can you please add this line under MAINTAINER in
> > > > x11/XFree86-4-clients/Makefile:
> > > 
> > > Just for kicks, on IRC (OPN) i have met three people who had exactly the same
> > > problem...I'll advise them to just install XFree86-4-libraries manually
> > > first...
> > 
> > It was later concluded that the problem isn't really how the port
> > is written but how ports handles updates by default.  You need to
> > use a tool like portupgrade or remove all the XFree86* ports
> > before installing the new versions (=upgrading).  And when you do
> > that your dependency chains in /var/db/pkg will be broken.  The
> > only useful solution right now is portupgrade.
> > 
> But...i WAS using portupgrade :-)
> 
> (i did a portupgrade XFree86, and it chuckled on the XFree86-4-clients
> port)

So was I.  Unless I'm mistaken, it deinstalls the existing XFree86-4
port during build (and puts it back at the end if the rebuild failed).

Kris

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