Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 16:36:38 -0500 From: E.J.Cerejo <ecerejo@zapo.net> To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade XFree86-3.3.6? to XFree86-4.X Message-ID: <20020518203611.BF9355E80@server1.safepages.com>
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If you installed using sysinstall then it should be as a distro, use sysinstall again to remove it, just take the check mark out of xfree86 and everything related to it and it should remove it. I recomend you update your ports first using cvsup and then run pkg_version -c > do_update and this will tell you what needs updating in your machine. It will create a file "do_update" after you run the above command and it will tell what needs to be updated. Make sure that XFree86 dependencies are also updated or might end up with two different versions installed. > >Subject: Re: Upgrade XFree86-3.3.6? to XFree86-4.X > From: "S. Roberts" <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> > Date: 18 May 2002 21:18:18 +0100 > To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com>, ecerejo@zapo.net, kstewart@owt.com > Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > >--=-7ekz47niJABAI3B8eILc >Content-Type: text/plain >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Thank you all for your replies! > >From what I've gathered here, there's definitely some consideration to >this after all. > >XFree86-3.3.6 was installed during installation via /stand/sysinstall, >so that means that its there as a distribution (right?). Does this >really mean performing: >1] rm -rf on /usr/XFree84* >2] Re-build all ports that depend on XFree86 > >Say it ain't so! > >Stacey > >On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 17:35, Kevin G. Eliuk wrote: >>=20 >>=20 >> S. Roberts wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I have XFree86-3.3.6 installed on my system. After posting questions >> > about my colour / graphics problems with a new monitor, numerous >> > respondents advised me to upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2. >> >=20 >> > Simple question here is, how do I upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2? Please bear >> > with me here - yes I've read the handbook, yes, I've read The Complete >> > FreeBSD, there's nowhere is either of the two that addresses upgrading >> > from a previous XFree86-3.3.6 to a later version. >> >=20 >> > The handbook mentions installing a later version after completing the >> > base installation and then proceeding to install the newer version via >> > the ports .., that's it. Nothing about what happens to the original >> > files, or what to do before attempting the install. The XFree86 site >> > doesn't mention any procedures for doing either. >>=20 >> When upgrading here are the the things that I consider. >>=20 >> Was the installation of XFree86-3.3.6 installed as a package or as a dist= >ro? >> a) As a package the installation can rely on the packages >> database(/var/db/pkg) (you can simply use pkg_delete >> to uninstall the old version) >> b) As a distro the you have no handy reference to what >> files/libraries/binaries are part of the original >> installation. (This will change with 4.6 RELEASE as >> XFree86-4 will be installed as a package and not a >> distro when chosen from sysinstall, as I understand >> the testing notes) >>=20 >> As my situation was b) I chose to >>=20 >> 1)Remove all installed packages. >> 2)rm -rf /usr/X11R6/* >> 3)Add "XFREE86_VERSION=3D4" to /etc/make.conf >> 4)Install XFree86-4 from the ports >> 5)Reinstall required ports making portupgrade one of the first to=20 >> install for easier management. >>=20 >> > I'm not hoping to make a big deal out of this, so I'd just like to find >> > out if this procedure is documented anywhere, and where it might be. >>=20 >> None that I could find either. >>=20 >> Hope this helps. >>=20 >>=20 >--=20 >Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science >Network Systems Engineer > >--=-7ekz47niJABAI3B8eILc >Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc >Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Content-Type: text/plain >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Thank you all for your replies! > >>From what I've gathered here, there's definitely some consideration to >this after all. > >XFree86-3.3.6 was installed during installation via /stand/sysinstall, >so that means that its there as a distribution (right?). Does this >really mean performing: >1] rm -rf on /usr/XFree84* >2] Re-build all ports that depend on XFree86 > >Say it ain't so! > >Stacey > >On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 17:35, Kevin G. Eliuk wrote: >>=20 >>=20 >> S. Roberts wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I have XFree86-3.3.6 installed on my system. After posting questions >> > about my colour / graphics problems with a new monitor, numerous >> > respondents advised me to upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2. >> >=20 >> > Simple question here is, how do I upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2? Please bear >> > with me here - yes I've read the handbook, yes, I've read The Complete >> > FreeBSD, there's nowhere is either of the two that addresses upgrading >> > from a previous XFree86-3.3.6 to a later version. >> >=20 >> > The handbook mentions installing a later version after completing the >> > base installation and then proceeding to install the newer version via >> > the ports .., that's it. Nothing about what happens to the original >> > files, or what to do before attempting the install. The XFree86 site >> > doesn't mention any procedures for doing either. >>=20 >> When upgrading here are the the things that I consider. >>=20 >> Was the installation of XFree86-3.3.6 installed as a package or as a dist= >ro? >> a) As a package the installation can rely on the packages >> database(/var/db/pkg) (you can simply use pkg_delete >> to uninstall the old version) >> b) As a distro the you have no handy reference to what >> files/libraries/binaries are part of the original >> installation. (This will change with 4.6 RELEASE as >> XFree86-4 will be installed as a package and not a >> distro when chosen from sysinstall, as I understand >> the testing notes) >>=20 >> As my situation was b) I chose to >>=20 >> 1)Remove all installed packages. >> 2)rm -rf /usr/X11R6/* >> 3)Add "XFREE86_VERSION=3D4" to /etc/make.conf >> 4)Install XFree86-4 from the ports >> 5)Reinstall required ports making portupgrade one of the first to=20 >> install for easier management. >>=20 >> > I'm not hoping to make a big deal out of this, so I'd just like to find >> > out if this procedure is documented anywhere, and where it might be. >>=20 >> None that I could find either. >>=20 >> Hope this helps. >>=20 >>=20 >- --=20 >Stacey Roberts B.Sc. 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