From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 9 16:36:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EF6D16A41C for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 16:36:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.194.102.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6E0743D48 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 16:36:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3990C5131A; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:36:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:36:19 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Peter Leftwich Message-ID: <20050609163619.GA75639@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <26700.208.247.148.16.1118330099.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wac7ysb48OaltWcw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <26700.208.247.148.16.1118330099.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add -rf XFree86 (on 5.2-RELEASE)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:36:20 -0000 --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCqHACWry0BWjoQKURAmftAJ4p1Jmgwf1N61MacUguihHr3ualnQCeJIDH dtGwRDCdQyje/TYKsgurpjg= =u1Ec -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wac7ysb48OaltWcw--