Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:03:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com> Cc: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org>, FreeBSD-Hackers <FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: upgrading XFree86 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970713130203.256C-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19970713114946.61308@ct.picker.com>
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On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Randall Hopper wrote: > Chuck Robey: > |I want to upgrade my XFree86 to 3.3, but I have a ton of stuff in my > |existing /usr/X11R6 ... does anyone know if XFree86 can be upgraded via an > |overlay? Otherwise, this's gonna be the upgrade from hell ... > > I know what you mean. For the same reason we compile non-X ports into > /usr/local, I'd sure like to see our X ports compiled for /usr/local/X11. This'd be pretty difficult, I think, because of imake's very incestuous relationship with the X11R6 tree. It would be a fantastic win, but I just don't think it'd be possible. > > I've never untarring on top of an existing dist because: 1) some XFree > alphas I believe have mentioned, don't do that -- it won't work, and 2) if > I don't like the new version, I'll want to go back or switch back and forth > to help debug the new, and no guarentee that untarring the old on top will > get me back to square 1 (likely, but no guarentee). [Backing the whole > thing up first is a pain and a space killer, and (for me) the only reason > to do that is because all our ports are mingled into the files]. I instead > use a custom script to cross-link all the port files into the new distdir, > and then make /usr/X11R6 a symlink. Works, but wish it wasn't necessary. > > Randall Hopper > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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