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Date:      Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:36:19 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkg_add -rf XFree86 (on 5.2-RELEASE)?
Message-ID:  <20050609163619.GA75639@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <26700.208.247.148.16.1118330099.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com>
References:  <26700.208.247.148.16.1118330099.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com>

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On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 08:14:59AM -0700, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> Hello again, List!  It has been many months since my last
> confession, er, POST.  :)
>=20
> My question.  Generally, what is the easiest way to reinstall
> XFree86 to a 5.2-RELEASE working system?  Is there a separately-
> hosted "ports" area, other than "current?"  Thanks very much.

Look around for a mirror site that still carries the 5.2 packages, and
use it with pkg_add as described in the manpage, or compile it from
ports.

Kris

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