Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 22:35:38 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A packages question. Message-ID: <20041001223259.W95941@pemaquid.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <d9175cad0410011927367e441e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20041001220612.K95941@pemaquid.safeport.com> <d9175cad0410011927367e441e@mail.gmail.com>
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thanks - I will try it this way On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: > 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 > > > -- > If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised. > _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601
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