Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:27:23 -0500 From: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> To: "doug@safeport.com" <doug@safeport.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A packages question. Message-ID: <d9175cad0410011927367e441e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041001220612.K95941@pemaquid.safeport.com> References: <20041001220612.K95941@pemaquid.safeport.com>
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While this idea may seem good on the surface, it's really a very bad idea (and I speak from experience) to hand-modify your package database. What you /should/ do instead is force the addition of the packages. `pkg_add -f <packageName>` On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 22:16:45 -0400 (EDT), doug@safeport.com <doug@safeport.com> wrote: > Neither XFree86 4.4 nor Xorg supports the video on my laptop while XFree86 4.3 > works. > > I want to set up the package database to say XFree 4.4 is installed to see if I > can install the latest packages. Does anyone know that this will not work? Also > if I could get some pointer on how to modify the package db or where this may be > documented > > _____ > Douglas Denault > http://www.safeport.com > doug@safeport.com > Voice: 301-469-8766 > Fax: 301-469-0601 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.
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