Re: HEADS UP: deprecation and removal of xorg 6.9

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 16:16:19 +0200
Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:

> Hi pkgsrc users,
> 
> Is anyone who is tracking pkgsrc-current still using xorg 6.9? We are
> considering to remove it soon. I expect pkgsrc-2007Q3 will ship
> without it. If you are still using X11_TYPE=xorg on pkgsrc-current
> you are strongly advised to upgrade to X11_TYPE=modular at this point.
> 
> Note however that this does not affect installations that use native
> X11, e.g. XFree86 based in /usr/X11R6. Those installations will
> continue to work. This includes any NetBSD installations that use X11
> sets shipped with the base system.
> 
> Upgrading from X11_TYPE=xorg to X11_TYPE=modular means that you must
> remove all xorg packages and those packages that depend on it. Also
> make sure that X11BASE is not set in mk.conf.
> 
> The packages you need for a "complete" modular X.org installation are:
> 
> meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-apps
> meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-fonts
> meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-drivers
> x11/modular-xorg-server
> x11/xterm
> 
> Please let us know if you come across any problems when upgrading.
> 

What about applications in pkgsrc that don't build with modular xorg?
I've had problems with vnc and (I think; I haven't verified it yet)
scsl-jre15.  I know others have reported the vnc problem.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb