Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerging xfree

2005-06-15 Thread Zac Medico
Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: > Hi, > > I finally elucidated part of the mystery: it seems that my old xfree is > now seen as xorg-x11 > Although I have the defunct xfree-4.3.0 installed, according to portage > I actually have xorg-x11-4.3.0. > So I simply have to do a "xorg-x11" upgrade, that's all

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerging xfree

2005-06-15 Thread Catalin Grigoroscuta
Hi, I finally elucidated part of the mystery: it seems that my old xfree is now seen as xorg-x11 Although I have the defunct xfree-4.3.0 installed, according to portage I actually have xorg-x11-4.3.0. So I simply have to do a "xorg-x11" upgrade, that's all. Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: X -v

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerging xfree

2005-06-14 Thread Catalin Grigoroscuta
X -version says: <<< This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (ht

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerging xfree

2005-06-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:11:28 +0300, Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: > Thanks for the info, I didn't know about /var/db/pkg. > Unfortunately, there's no xfree86 there in x11-base, but there is a > xorg-x11!But I'm very sure that it's xfree that's running on the > machine, and not xorg. What does "X

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerging xfree

2005-06-14 Thread Catalin Grigoroscuta
Thanks for the info, I didn't know about /var/db/pkg. Unfortunately, there's no xfree86 there in x11-base, but there is a xorg-x11!But I'm very sure that it's xfree that's running on the machine, and not xorg. How could I have messed portage like this? May be due to a portage problem, or is it

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerging xfree

2005-06-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:47:20 +0300, Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: > And here comes the problem: xfree is not in portage tree anymore. > emerge -C xfree says that xfree is not a package! That shouldn't matter. When you install a package, a copy of the ebuild is saved in /var/db/pkg, which is used f