Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 11:57:41 +1000 From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>, Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org>, FreeBSD-Hackers <FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: upgrading XFree86 Message-ID: <19970714115741.38405@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970713130203.256C-100000@Journey2.mat.net>; from Chuck Robey on Sun, Jul 13, 1997 at 01:03:25PM -0400 References: <19970713114946.61308@ct.picker.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970713130203.256C-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
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On Sun, Jul 13, 1997 at 01:03:25PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: >On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Randall Hopper wrote: > >> Chuck Robey: >> |I want to upgrade my XFree86 to 3.3, but I have a ton of stuff in my >> |existing /usr/X11R6 ... does anyone know if XFree86 can be upgraded via an >> |overlay? Otherwise, this's gonna be the upgrade from hell ... >> >> I know what you mean. For the same reason we compile non-X ports into >> /usr/local, I'd sure like to see our X ports compiled for /usr/local/X11. > >This'd be pretty difficult, I think, because of imake's very incestuous >relationship with the X11R6 tree. It would be a fantastic win, but I just >don't think it'd be possible. It should be possible, but the task isn't a trivial one. I'd really like to see it happen though. I'd do it myself if I could still see the end of my TODO list. David
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