Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:18:47 -0500 From: "James A. Mutter" <jm7996@devrycols.edu> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>, David Shanes <dshanes@personalogic.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More about ports and packages and XFree86 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990122121847.007c1ca0@devrycols.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SCO.3.96.990122154213.14399D-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co. nz> References: <002701be459d$28f0bc00$1d43a8c0@shanes.personalogic.com>
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At 03:44 PM 1/22/99 +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote: >On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, David Shanes wrote: > >> To add more info - I installed XFree86 when I installed 2.2.6 -release, but >> never used it as it lacked support for the Neomagic chipset. I want to >> install 3.3.3 since it now has support. Do I need to *uninstall* the old >> version first? > >No. You could probably remove everything under /usr/X11R6 downwards >and install, if you like. Huh? Wouldn't it make more sense to just define FORCE_PKG_REGISTER when building the new version of X? rm -rf /usr/X11R6/ is pretty drastic, he's going to lose _everything_. Including: 1. Custom config information. 2. 3rd party programs and libraries which install under /usr/X11R6/ 3. 3rd party fonts (If there are any installed). 'cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86; make -DFORCE_PKG_REGISTER install' would probably be a little more realistic. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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