Hannah Schroeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> X isn't in packages, but in simple tarballs.
>
> cd / ; for i in some/path/x*.tgz; do tar xvvzpf $i; done
>
> Configure if needed, run X.
>

Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


> No.
> X is not a "package".  It is a file set, not part of the ports tree.

Not to be argumentative but ratpoison is still dependant on it [them].
Seems that should be made apparent in the ports search output somehow eh?

> Get the X files from a snapshot, install those as above.
> Or, boot an install media, install all file sets.

Thanks for the tips.

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