Chandan Haldar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Will someone please point me to an explanation for why the packages in > my install sets (that I chose at the time of installation of my > FreeBSD 6.0 Release), for example the X11R6 packages, do not show up > in the installed packages list (pkg_info or pkg_version)?
That's not supposed to be the case. I certainly haven't seen it. > What will > happen to the installed Xorg set if I try to upgrade to a newer Xorg > rel through the ports/packages system? You may need to "force" it. (-f) > May be this would explain to me how (while trying to upgrade my > installed ports including gnome 2.10->2,12 upgrade) I managed to mess > up my working gnome 2.10 installation (done from the ISO disk images > at FreeBSD install time) so badly that I'm finding it impossible to > recover from that. Well, since you missed gnome_upgrade.sh the first time, you're left with quite a mess. Forcibly removing all the X-related packages, wiping out the detritis left /usr/X11, and reinstalling gnome would be my approach, but I don't mind leaving the machine alone for a long time while it grinds through the install. > The mysteries of pkgdb -F also needs way more > effort than I have been able to give so far. It shows stale > dependnecies right after portsnap fetch/extract even before pkg_info > shows any packages installed. Why?! Where can I read a precise > definition of 'stale dependency' as understood by the ports management > programs? That's just an unavoidable result of the fact that the ports database has no idea where your X installation came from. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
