On Thu, 24 May 2012, Chris Rees wrote:
On 24 May 2012 19:43, Lars Eighner <[email protected]> wrote:
I *must* revert xorg to a point at which changing ttys works.
portdowngrade does not seem to work with metaports -- apparently it does not
revert the dependencies - which is what a metaport is all about. So when the
metaport is built, it may put it's own (old) version number on the port, but
actually has not changed anything.
Any suggestion on how to get xorg back and how far back it was that
switching ttys worked.
Easiest way is to just checkout an old ports tree. This will get you
one two hours before xorg-new was committed.
Delete all your xorg- related ports:
# pkg_delete -x xorg xf86-
(and any other patterns I've forgotten)
# <<EOF cat > supfile
*default host=ftp.FreeBSD.org
*default prefix=/tmp/beforenewxorg
*default base=/tmp/beforenewxorg
*default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix
ports-all date=2012.04.21.15.00.00
Bingo! That's what I was vaguely disremembering...
EOF
# csup supfile
# mv /etc/make.conf /etc/make.conf.bak && echo
"PORTSDIR=/tmp/beforenewxorg/ports"
# cd /tmp/beforenewxorg/ports/
Then reinstall the xorg port. Make sure your portupgrade/portmaster
tools ignore them for updating purposes-- you can safely rm -rf
/tmp/beforenewxorg.
Feel free to subsitute /tmp if you don't have enough space (you'll
need ~5G at least to be safe, or redefine WRKDIRPREFIX).
Generally what I do in similar situations is mv the real ports tree until
after the carnage. I can count on myself to remember where I left it better
than I can remember to reset the environment, use the right flags, etc.
Hope that helps,
Chris
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Lars Eighner
http://www.larseighner.com/index.html
8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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