Startx Missing Following Portupgrade
Robert H. Perry
rperry at gti.net
Sun Nov 20 08:54:18 GMT 2005
David Armour wrote:
> hello rob,
>
> ....from /usr/ports/UPDATING:
> 20051113:
> AFFECTS: users of x11/xterm, x11/xorg-clients, x11/XFree86-4-clients
> AUTHOR: x11 at FreeBSD.org
>
> Xterm no longer installs with '-static' prefix. Users should upgrade
> XFree86-clients to 4.5.0_1 or xorg-clients to 6.8.2_1 or newer before
> attempting upgrade of xterm to 206_1 or newer. Previous versions
> remove xterm on deinstall so CONFLICTS have been set accordingly.
>
> i only discovered this myself recently. hth.
>
>
Thanks David,
I read the warning in UPDATING. My problem was performing the upgrade
while half asleep. I paid a price during the GNOME upgrade as well.
Thanks again for taking the time to respond.
Bob Perry
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