Subject: Re: modular-xorg installation fails on Dragonfly 1.8.1-RELEASE with pkgsrc-2007Q1
To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
From: Siju George <sgeorge.ml@gmail.com>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 05/03/2007 13:21:18
On 5/3/07, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 3 May 2007 02:39:46 +0530
> "Siju George" <sgeorge.ml@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 5/3/07, Gergo Szakal <bastyaelvtars@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 3 May 2007 01:44:56 +0530
> > > "Siju George" <sgeorge.ml@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > there is no X11_TYPE line in this file of mine. see
> > > >
> > > > ================================================
> > > > # Example /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf file produced by bootstrap-pkgsrc
> > > > # Sun Apr 29 18:04:04 IST 2007
> > > >
> > >
> > > Wait. You do not have to bootstrap on DF, and it's /etc/mk.conf, and
> > > X11_TYPE is xorg by default on DF, unless you specify something else in
> > > mk.conf.
> > >
> >
> > really?
>
> Really - I never bootstrapped my DF boxes. As a result I do not
> have a /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf but only /etc/mk.conf - I haven't tried modular
> X11 yet but all the other settings in /etc/mk.conf are used.
>
Thankyou so much Steve and Grego for this info :-)
I am new to pkgsrc and was following the pkgsrc guide step-by-step.
Jeremy,
It would be great if you can add the Platoforms for which boot
strapping is not needed in the bootstrap section of pkgsrc guide :-)
Kind Regards
Siju