On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:22:42 -0400, de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote:

> [blocks B     ] <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 (is blocking
> x11-proto/inputproto-1.3.2, x11-proto/xf86bigfontproto-1.1.2,
> x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.2, x11-libs/libXext-1.0.1,
> x11-proto/xcmiscproto-1.1.2, x11-misc/util-macros-1.1.0,
> x11-libs/xtrans-1.0.1, x11-apps/xauth-1.0.1, x11-libs/libXau-1.0.2,
> x11-libs/libXmu-1.0.2, x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.3, x11-libs/libSM-1.0.1,
> x11-libs/libXdmcp-1.0.1, x11-libs/libICE-1.0.1, x11-libs/libXt-1.0.2,
> x11-proto/xproto-7.0.7, x11-proto/bigreqsproto-1.0.2,
> x11-libs/libX11-1.0.3)
> ******************************
> 
> Should I clean out my old X? which is x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r4 and not
> x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9 as in the blocking message above. Also, according
> to emerge --search the latest version available for x11-base/xorg-x11 is
> 7.1.

The blocker is <=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9, which includes your current
version. You do need to unmerge it before emerging the modular Xorg, but
I'd recommend packaging it up with quickpkg first. Otherwise, if the X
upgrade fails for whatever reason, you could be faced with a lengthy
recompile before getting X back. Running quickpkg means you can re-emerge
the old version with --usepkg.

You should read the modular X migration guide before proceeding

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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