[arch] [xorg] version of the package

Roman Kyrylych roman.kyrylych at gmail.com
Thu Dec 21 05:34:57 EST 2006


2006/12/21, solsTiCe d'Hiver <solstice.dhiver at laposte.net>:
> hi.
> I and some others wonder why xorg package is still at 11R7.0-1 while we all
> run xorg 7.1.1 ?
> that's a dummy package yes, but ...
>
> $ pacman -Q xorg
> xorg 11R7.0-1
>
> $ head -4 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
> X Window System Version 7.1.1
> Release Date: 12 May 2006
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1

This is a virtual  package.
I recommend to install xorg with
pacma -S xorg-server xorg-clients xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse
xf86-video-yourvideodriver

BTW, there are problems with resolving of virtual packages (bug in
dependency resolving).

-- 
Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)


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