Date: 13 Mar 2003 21:42:02 -0800 From: Islero <islero@attbi.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: portupgrade mess Message-ID: <1047620522.46779.6.camel@cypress.380w.net> In-Reply-To: <15984.49289.541402.721523@guru.mired.org> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030313110908.00b5fb68@mail.host45.com> <15984.49289.541402.721523@guru.mired.org>
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On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 09:31, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <5.1.0.14.2.20030313110908.00b5fb68@mail.host45.com>, pippo@bellnet.ca typed: > > I just upgrade XFree86 from 4.2 to 4.3 using portupgrade on 2 different > > machines. > That statement doesn't make sense. Portupgrade upgrades pors, not the > system. So you can't upgrade from 4.2 to 4.3 with portupgrade. If you > actually upgraded the system, how did you do it? Did you then use > portupgrade to upgrade all the ports you had installed? If not, that > may be part of the problem. He's talking about XFree86 4.2 not BSD 4.2. Portupgrade is definitely the way to go. Also, XFree86 4.3 installs a new xinitrc which loads twm by default. If you want gnome-session or KDE you have to edit xinitrc to launch that session. > > Generally, when upgrading across a release, you want to deinstall the > ports in large chunks - all of them is best - and then reinstall the > ports from the new ports in the system. > > <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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