Re: Xorg 6.8.1

From: Michael Nottebrock (michaelnottebrock_at_gmx.net)
Date: 02/26/05

  • Next message: Gary Kline: "Re: Xorg 6.8.1"
    To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
    Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:49:00 +0100
    
    
    

    On Saturday, 26. February 2005 13:05, Godwin Stewart wrote:
    > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:25:24 +1030, "Daniel O'Connor"
    >
    > <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote:
    > > You don't need to update a port just because it depends on Xorg. The X
    > > API is quite stable so you can update just Xorg without expecting any
    > > problems. (I did XFree86 -> Xorg with zero problems for example)
    >
    > No, the problem's the other way round. Every time I want to portupgrade
    > something else, portupgrade also wants to upgrade Xorg.

    edit /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf, find the HOLD_PKGS = [ line and change it
    to

      HOLD_PKGS = [
        'bsdpan-*',
        'xorg-*',
        'imake-*',
      ]

    I've been using that for a long time now, since Xorg 6.8.1 breaks vt-switching
    for me.

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