Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:19:29 +0200 From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za> To: "Scott Robbins" <scottro@nyc.rr.com>, "FreeBSD Question List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.5 to 4.6 - effect on X11 ??? Message-ID: <023b01c216ba$0a248990$b50d030a@PATRICK> References: <021601c216b4$ac8d2210$b50d030a@PATRICK> <20020618120628.GA3458@scott1.homeunix.net>
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From: "Scott Robbins" <scottro@nyc.rr.com>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 12:41:09PM +0200, Patrick O'Reilly wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have had 4.5 running, and have now cvsup-ed my 'development' box
to
> > 4.6. I understand that with 4.6 the default X11 version has been
moved
> > up to 4.2.0. So, does this mean that once I have completed cvsup,
make
> > world, etc, that all the X11 stuff in the base system is now 4.2.0?
> >
> No, X11 is, (I think) considered a 3rd party application. Therefore,
> it's not going to be updated with a make world. (Regardless of
> whether I'm right or not about it being a 3rd party app, it's not
> updated with make world.)
> Upgrading the machine to a newer release will not upgrade X.
>
Thanks Scott.
Alright - so I've now added ports for XFree86-4. I can see them when I
do 'pkg_info'. What still puzzles me is that I did not see ports for
XFree86(-3) when I used 'pkg_info' before, yet it was installed from
/stand/sysinstall.
?
Regards,
Patrick O'Reilly.
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