Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:14:01 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2 Qs re upgrading XF86 Message-ID: <20011203191401.C1532@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20011203093040.C15864@sjt-u10.cisco.com>; from sjt@cisco.com on Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 09:30:40AM -0500 References: <20011203093040.C15864@sjt-u10.cisco.com>
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in message <20011203093040.C15864@sjt-u10.cisco.com>, wrote Steve Tremblett thusly... > > I am wondering if anyone can testify to successfully upgrading XF86 > (4.0 - 4.1) without disturbing currently installed X clients. ... i upgraded XF86 3.3 versions on freebsd 3.4-3.5 w/o any problems. and, then from XF86 3,3 to 4, on freebsd 4; then from XF86 v4.0 to v4.1. still no problems. nonetheless, i did recompile all the X software at some time later, for no apparent reason. > Also, can portupgrade safely upgrade something as weighty as X? regardless of what portupgrade can or cannot do, if i were you, i would do it by hand in 4 stages -- fetch/extract, configure, install/package -- inside a script(1). - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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