Date: 18 May 2002 22:03:03 +0100 From: "S. Roberts" <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> To: ecerejo@zapo.net Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade XFree86-3.3.6? to XFree86-4.X Message-ID: <1021755783.84212.167.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> In-Reply-To: <20020518203611.BF9355E80@server1.safepages.com> References: <20020518203611.BF9355E80@server1.safepages.com>
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--=-HMTMUUUe5ydviucrhoKy Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey thats for sticking with me on this. Looks like you're the only one that knows about this. What every other responder has advised me to do is as I mentioned earlier about blasting every instance of XFree86-3.3.6 related files that's on the system. Any thoughts on that? Stacey On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 22:36, E.J.Cerejo wrote: > If you installed using sysinstall then it should be as a distro, use sysi= nstall again to remove it, just take the check mark out of xfree86 and ever= ything related to it and it should remove it. >=20 > I recomend you update your ports first using cvsup and then run pkg_versi= on -c > do_update and this will tell you what needs updating in your machin= e. It will create a file "do_update" after you run the above command and i= t will tell what needs to be updated. Make sure that XFree86 dependencies = are also updated or might end up with two different versions installed. >=20 > > > >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@ow= t.com > > Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > > > > >--=3D-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: > >>=3D20 > >>=3D20 > >> S. Roberts wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > I have XFree86-3.3.6 installed on my system. After posting questio= ns > >> > about my colour / graphics problems with a new monitor, numerous > >> > respondents advised me to upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2. > >> >=3D20 > >> > Simple question here is, how do I upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2? Please b= ear > >> > with me here - yes I've read the handbook, yes, I've read The Comple= te > >> > FreeBSD, there's nowhere is either of the two that addresses upgradi= ng > >> > from a previous XFree86-3.3.6 to a later version. > >> >=3D20 > >> > The handbook mentions installing a later version after completing th= e > >> > base installation and then proceeding to install the newer version v= ia > >> > 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. > >>=3D20 > >> When upgrading here are the the things that I consider. > >>=3D20 > >> Was the installation of XFree86-3.3.6 installed as a package or as a d= ist=3D > >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) > >>=3D20 > >> As my situation was b) I chose to > >>=3D20 > >> 1)Remove all installed packages. > >> 2)rm -rf /usr/X11R6/* > >> 3)Add "XFREE86_VERSION=3D3D4" to /etc/make.conf > >> 4)Install XFree86-4 from the ports > >> 5)Reinstall required ports making portupgrade one of the first to=3D20 > >> install for easier management. > >>=3D20 > >> > I'm not hoping to make a big deal out of this, so I'd just like to f= ind > >> > out if this procedure is documented anywhere, and where it might be. > >>=3D20 > >> None that I could find either. > >>=3D20 > >> Hope this helps. > >>=3D20 > >>=3D20 > >--=3D20 > >Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science > >Network Systems Engineer > > > >--=3D-7ekz47niJABAI3B8eILc > >Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=3Dsignature.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: > >>=3D20 > >>=3D20 > >> S. Roberts wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > I have XFree86-3.3.6 installed on my system. After posting questio= ns > >> > about my colour / graphics problems with a new monitor, numerous > >> > respondents advised me to upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2. > >> >=3D20 > >> > Simple question here is, how do I upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2? Please b= ear > >> > with me here - yes I've read the handbook, yes, I've read The Comple= te > >> > FreeBSD, there's nowhere is either of the two that addresses upgradi= ng > >> > from a previous XFree86-3.3.6 to a later version. > >> >=3D20 > >> > The handbook mentions installing a later version after completing th= e > >> > base installation and then proceeding to install the newer version v= ia > >> > 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. > >>=3D20 > >> When upgrading here are the the things that I consider. > >>=3D20 > >> Was the installation of XFree86-3.3.6 installed as a package or as a d= ist=3D > >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) > >>=3D20 > >> As my situation was b) I chose to > >>=3D20 > >> 1)Remove all installed packages. > >> 2)rm -rf /usr/X11R6/* > >> 3)Add "XFREE86_VERSION=3D3D4" to /etc/make.conf > >> 4)Install XFree86-4 from the ports > >> 5)Reinstall required ports making portupgrade one of the first to=3D20 > >> install for easier management. > >>=3D20 > >> > I'm not hoping to make a big deal out of this, so I'd just like to f= ind > >> > out if this procedure is documented anywhere, and where it might be. > >>=3D20 > >> None that I could find either. > >>=3D20 > >> Hope this helps. > >>=3D20 > >>=3D20 > >- --=3D20 > >Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science > >Network Systems Engineer > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: PGP 6.5.8 > > > >iQA/AwUBPOa3CPdn4A8qiCO5EQLbEwCfcIe/nnIO49Zj81aYAArOuxcHFDcAoPCX > >nDIOZPX5NyPf6SKwVSh+L3aI > >=3DmDgV > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >--=3D-7ekz47niJABAI3B8eILc-- >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science Network Systems Engineer --=-HMTMUUUe5ydviucrhoKy 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 Hey thats for sticking with me on this. Looks like you're the only one that knows about this. What every other responder has advised me to do is as I mentioned earlier about blasting every instance of XFree86-3.3.6 related files that's on the system. Any thoughts on that? Stacey On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 22:36, E.J.Cerejo wrote: > If you installed using sysinstall then it should be as a distro, use sysi= nstall again to remove it, just take the check mark out of xfree86 and ever= ything related to it and it should remove it. >=20 > I recomend you update your ports first using cvsup and then run pkg_versi= on -c > do_update and this will tell you what needs updating in your machin= e. It will create a file "do_update" after you run the above command and i= t will tell what needs to be updated. Make sure that XFree86 dependencies = are also updated or might end up with two different versions installed. >=20 > > > >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@ow= t.com > > Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > > > > >--=3D-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: > >>=3D20 > >>=3D20 > >> S. Roberts wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > I have XFree86-3.3.6 installed on my system. After posting questio= ns > >> > about my colour / graphics problems with a new monitor, numerous > >> > respondents advised me to upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2. > >> >=3D20 > >> > Simple question here is, how do I upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2? Please b= ear > >> > with me here - yes I've read the handbook, yes, I've read The Comple= te > >> > FreeBSD, there's nowhere is either of the two that addresses upgradi= ng > >> > from a previous XFree86-3.3.6 to a later version. > >> >=3D20 > >> > The handbook mentions installing a later version after completing th= e > >> > base installation and then proceeding to install the newer version v= ia > >> > 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. > >>=3D20 > >> When upgrading here are the the things that I consider. > >>=3D20 > >> Was the installation of XFree86-3.3.6 installed as a package or as a d= ist=3D > >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) > >>=3D20 > >> As my situation was b) I chose to > >>=3D20 > >> 1)Remove all installed packages. > >> 2)rm -rf /usr/X11R6/* > >> 3)Add "XFREE86_VERSION=3D3D4" to /etc/make.conf > >> 4)Install XFree86-4 from the ports > >> 5)Reinstall required ports making portupgrade one of the first to=3D20 > >> install for easier management. > >>=3D20 > >> > I'm not hoping to make a big deal out of this, so I'd just like to f= ind > >> > out if this procedure is documented anywhere, and where it might be. > >>=3D20 > >> None that I could find either. > >>=3D20 > >> Hope this helps. > >>=3D20 > >>=3D20 > >--=3D20 > >Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science > >Network Systems Engineer > > > >--=3D-7ekz47niJABAI3B8eILc > >Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=3Dsignature.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: > >>=3D20 > >>=3D20 > >> S. Roberts wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > I have XFree86-3.3.6 installed on my system. After posting questio= ns > >> > about my colour / graphics problems with a new monitor, numerous > >> > respondents advised me to upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2. > >> >=3D20 > >> > Simple question here is, how do I upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2? Please b= ear > >> > with me here - yes I've read the handbook, yes, I've read The Comple= te > >> > FreeBSD, there's nowhere is either of the two that addresses upgradi= ng > >> > from a previous XFree86-3.3.6 to a later version. > >> >=3D20 > >> > The handbook mentions installing a later version after completing th= e > >> > base installation and then proceeding to install the newer version v= ia > >> > 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. > >>=3D20 > >> When upgrading here are the the things that I consider. > >>=3D20 > >> Was the installation of XFree86-3.3.6 installed as a package or as a d= ist=3D > >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) > >>=3D20 > >> As my situation was b) I chose to > >>=3D20 > >> 1)Remove all installed packages. > >> 2)rm -rf /usr/X11R6/* > >> 3)Add "XFREE86_VERSION=3D3D4" to /etc/make.conf > >> 4)Install XFree86-4 from the ports > >> 5)Reinstall required ports making portupgrade one of the first to=3D20 > >> install for easier management. > >>=3D20 > >> > I'm not hoping to make a big deal out of this, so I'd just like to f= ind > >> > out if this procedure is documented anywhere, and where it might be. > >>=3D20 > >> None that I could find either. > >>=3D20 > >> Hope this helps. > >>=3D20 > >>=3D20 > >- --=3D20 > >Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science > >Network Systems Engineer > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: PGP 6.5.8 > > > >iQA/AwUBPOa3CPdn4A8qiCO5EQLbEwCfcIe/nnIO49Zj81aYAArOuxcHFDcAoPCX > >nDIOZPX5NyPf6SKwVSh+L3aI > >=3DmDgV > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >--=3D-7ekz47niJABAI3B8eILc-- >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message - --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science Network Systems Engineer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPObBhfdn4A8qiCO5EQIjgwCg5TpCQUq+L8GG4NSp6xn9l2FbHGMAoOCw QHJSApg0RFlNgkw1KKmXW1z6 =EU8g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-HMTMUUUe5ydviucrhoKy-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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