[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 9:53 PM: > On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:44:09PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: >> Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>> I don't understand why one would need to jump through hoops to >>>> install X.org 7.2 on a clean system. >>> There are a few reasons, mostly to do with old systems and getting >>> the symlink. Note that in the "clean" case some of the >>> instructions are NOPs. >> >> Please explain to me why, on a fresh FreeBSD install with no ports >> installed and no /usr/local/ or /usr/X11R6/, I shouldn't be allowed >> to "cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make install clean". > > We are still working out the details on getting the symlink created > automatically.
Err... Just like Dag-Erling explained, I trapped over exactly this issue upon a fresh Xorg install yesterday. IMHO it should work straight without any convulsions like creating obsolete symlinks. Please make it simple. Helge Atos Origin GmbH, Theodor-Althoff-Str. 47, D-45133 Essen, Postfach 100 123, D-45001 Essen Telefon: +49 201 4305 0, Fax: +49 201 4305 689095, www.atosorigin.de Dresdner Bank AG, Hamburg: Kto. 0954411200, BLZ 200 800 00, Swift Code DRESDEFF200, IBAN DE69200800000954411200 Geschäftsführer: Dominique Illien, Handelsregister Essen HRB 19354, Ust.-ID.-Nr.: DE147861238 _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
