Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 12:49:06 -0800 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why Doesn't XFree86 Upgrade Properly Message-ID: <3890AF42.21F5F672@nwlink.com> References: <3.0.32.20000128074338.00740384@idx.com.au>
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Danny wrote: > > Hello > > - Need to upgrade to the latest XFree86 > - I issued the following commands > > 1)tar xvf xfree86xxx.tar -C /somewhere/tmp/ > 2)cd /usr/X11R6/ > 3)chmod 755 /somewhere/tmp/xfree86xxxx/preinst.sh > 4)chmod 755 /somewhere/tmp/xfree86xxxx/postinst.sh > 5)chmod 755 /somewhere/tmp/xfree86xxxx/extract > 6)/somewhere/tmp/xfree86xxxx/preinst.sh > 7)/somewhere/tmp/xfree86xxxx/extract /var/tmp/xfree86xxxx/*.tgz > 8)/somewhere/tmp/xfree86xxxx/postinst.sh > 9)shutdown -r now > > When it reboots I typed : - > > man XFree86 > > Shows XFree863.3.5 > > When it should be XFree863.3.6 You could try building it from a port, although when I did, the kernel panicked and rebooted. This is my biggest pet peeve with FreeBSD. The packaging/updating system needs to be expanded. -- 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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