Date: 18 May 2002 22:47:50 +0100 From: "S. Roberts" <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com> Cc: ecerejo@zapo.net, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade XFree86-3.3.6? to XFree86-4.X Message-ID: <1021758470.84212.171.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> In-Reply-To: <3CE6C678.5020308@dccnet.com> References: <20020518203611.BF9355E80@server1.safepages.com> <3CE6C678.5020308@dccnet.com>
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--=-TOWK4P0fHA1JZJk8cBhX Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does then mean that using /stand/sysinstall would not work? I would ask that E. J. Cerejo simply confirm that using /stand/sysinstall has worked for him in the past or something along those lines. If anything, it'll probably mean a lot of people learning something here today! Stacey On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 22:24, Kevin G. Eliuk wrote: >=20 >=20 > E.J.Cerejo wrote: > > If you installed using sysinstall then it should be as a distro, use sy= sinstall again to remove it, just take the check mark out of xfree86 and ev= erything related to it and it should remove it. > >=20 > > I recomend you update your ports first using cvsup and then run pkg_ver= sion -c > do_update and this will tell you what needs updating in your mach= ine. 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 dependencie= s are also updated or might end up with two different versions installed. >=20 > I differ on this point. If you select to install X Windows during the=20 > binary selection (as shown by one of the ones indicated by the "X"=20 > below), this does not add the anything to /var/db/pkg. Only if you=20 > select to add XFree86 after the binary installation does the packages=20 > database gget updated. As I said this does appear to be changing for=20 > 4.6-RELEASE. >=20 > pkg_manager has no way of uninstalling X windows if you install it as a=20 > distro. >=20 >=20 > [ ] 4 Developer Full sources, binaries and doc but no games > [X] 5 X-Developer Same as above + X Window System=20 > [ ] 6 Kern-Developer Full binaries and doc, kernel sources only=20 >=20 > [X] 7 X-Kern-Developer Same as above + X Window System > [ ] 8 User Average user - binaries and doc only > [X] 9 X-User Same as above + X Window System > [ ] A Minimal The smallest configuration possible >=20 > cont'd> >=20 >=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! > >> > >=20 > >>From what I've gathered here, there's definitely some consideration to > >=20 > >>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 >=20 > Unless you can gather enough information before the upgrade to remove=20 > any binaries/files/libraries from the old installation. >=20 > I suppose another possibility would be to use pkg_add to install 3.3.6=20 > to update pkg's database and use then use portupgrade from the ports=20 > collection to upgrade to XFree86-4. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science Network Systems Engineer --=-TOWK4P0fHA1JZJk8cBhX 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 Does then mean that using /stand/sysinstall would not work? I would ask that E. J. Cerejo simply confirm that using /stand/sysinstall has worked for him in the past or something along those lines. If anything, it'll probably mean a lot of people learning something here today! Stacey On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 22:24, Kevin G. Eliuk wrote: >=20 >=20 > E.J.Cerejo wrote: > > If you installed using sysinstall then it should be as a distro, use sy= sinstall again to remove it, just take the check mark out of xfree86 and ev= erything related to it and it should remove it. > >=20 > > I recomend you update your ports first using cvsup and then run pkg_ver= sion -c > do_update and this will tell you what needs updating in your mach= ine. 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 dependencie= s are also updated or might end up with two different versions installed. >=20 > I differ on this point. If you select to install X Windows during the=20 > binary selection (as shown by one of the ones indicated by the "X"=20 > below), this does not add the anything to /var/db/pkg. Only if you=20 > select to add XFree86 after the binary installation does the packages=20 > database gget updated. As I said this does appear to be changing for=20 > 4.6-RELEASE. >=20 > pkg_manager has no way of uninstalling X windows if you install it as a=20 > distro. >=20 >=20 > [ ] 4 Developer Full sources, binaries and doc but no games > [X] 5 X-Developer Same as above + X Window System=20 > [ ] 6 Kern-Developer Full binaries and doc, kernel sources only=20 >=20 > [X] 7 X-Kern-Developer Same as above + X Window System > [ ] 8 User Average user - binaries and doc only > [X] 9 X-User Same as above + X Window System > [ ] A Minimal The smallest configuration possible >=20 > cont'd> >=20 >=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! > >> > >=20 > >>From what I've gathered here, there's definitely some consideration to > >=20 > >>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 >=20 > Unless you can gather enough information before the upgrade to remove=20 > any binaries/files/libraries from the old installation. >=20 > I suppose another possibility would be to use pkg_add to install 3.3.6=20 > to update pkg's database and use then use portupgrade from the ports=20 > collection to upgrade to XFree86-4. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 - --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science Network Systems Engineer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPObMBPdn4A8qiCO5EQJ4LACePtueDt3tPKjH2FhGDhBnr/qNI7YAoP4i 0+sFPx249beq8xKTaDxBcEjA =S29D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-TOWK4P0fHA1JZJk8cBhX-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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