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From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
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On Monday 28 June 2004 11:15 am, Chris wrote:
> On Monday 28 June 2004 11:10 am, Your Name wrote:
> > I'd like to upgrade to the x.org series from XFree86.
> > Is there any simple guide to how to do this? There's
> > nothing in /usr/ports/UPDATING. I see that some people
> > have reported general success, but I'm worried that
> > I'll miss something or forget about rebuilding
> > something in the three days it'll take to rebuild
> > every X dependent
> > port on my system.
> >
> > Jen
>
> Just update your ports tree, and run portupgrade to bring all your
> installed ports up to date.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Chris

I was unaware that FreeBSD switched to X.org from XFree86.  Did we 
switch or is there name confusion?  Are both offered in the newer 
ports?

Andrew Gould