Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:06:10 -0800 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is the best way to upgrade X-Windows? Message-ID: <388CBEC2.92DBC95F@nwlink.com> References: <20000124085041.A1693@tougas.net> <20000125091357.E2267@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz>
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Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 08:50:41AM -0700, Damien Tougas wrote: > > [...] > > or, can I just do a pkg_delete -f on the X-Windows port and install a new > > version without having to re-build everything else? > > Yup, you can do it this way, (although I usually don't bother with a > pkg_delete); using /stand/sysinstall to install it will work just as well. X is not a package, it's a distribution, so you can't do pkg_delete with it. I think you can simply install a new version over the old. > > > No need to rebuild current running apps. > > Cheers. > > Jonathan Chen > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- R Joseph Wright *I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues --Duke Ellington* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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