Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 20:26:23 -0800 From: Tabor Kelly <tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net> To: Laurence Sanford <lauasanf@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Remote upgrade possible? Message-ID: <41DE0F6F.3040303@taborandtashell.net> In-Reply-To: <41DDB2A7.8020001@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> References: <BE030CE7.15722%joe@jwebmedia.com> <41DDB2A7.8020001@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org>
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Laurence Sanford wrote: > Joseph Koenig (jWeb) wrote: <snip> > This is possible, however you are always taking a chance when you > installworld without going to single user mode first. That said, I make > a habit out of pushing my luck with systems I have in front of me by > going so far as to make installworld while using an xterm in X-windows. I routinely use 'portupgrade -rRN' in xterm, in X-Windows to install new ports on my box. The second to last time I did this, one of the ports what was upgraded was xterm. And it worked! Can anybody explain to my why nothing bad happened? Am I running a risk when I do this? -- Tabor Kelly tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net http://tabor.taborandtashell.net
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