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Date:      Fri, 2 May 2003 01:08:12 -0400
From:      parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net>
To:        Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Portupgrade, XFree86, and Gnome
Message-ID:  <20030502050811.GA2020@moo.holy.cow>
In-Reply-To: <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong>
References:  <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong>

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in message <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong>, wrote Drew
Tomlinson thusly...
>
> Can I use portupgrade to upgrade XWindows related components while
> XWindows is running?

As Joe said, yes.  And i do too.  Just don't be restarting the
applications during the critical part of the upgrade process, like
i did w/ FVWM once or twice.  (Nothing bad happens really; X barfs;
i use TVTWM in the mean time.)


  - parv

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