Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:20:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> To: Bryan Liesner <bleez@bellatlantic.net> Cc: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Window Managers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010242320160.81233-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <39F650B9.2548AF34@bellatlantic.net>
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On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Bryan Liesner wrote: >Juha Saarinen wrote: >> >> Got XF86 4.0.1 running on a new 4.1.1 install, and would like to add a >> somewhat less Spartan wm than twm. >> >> However, going through the ports, it seems that all the ones listed >> require XF86 3.3.6, which I don't want to install for obvious reasons. Is >> there any way to avoid this when I install a wm, or is the install script >> smart enough not to install the older version? > >As a workaround, just create directories called XFree86-3.3.6 and >XFree86-3.3.6_2 in /var/db/pkg and the install script won't grab >the older packages or ports. s/workaround/hack/ ;-) -- Brandon D. Valentine <bandix@looksharp.net> "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." -- Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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