Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 09:21:46 -0400 From: Chad Ziccardi <zicc@bellatlantic.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: Re: Xfree-4 WAS: Re: Proper method of updating XFree86] Message-ID: <392BD76A.56E77FA8@bellatlantic.net>
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I think he meant this to goto the list, my apologies if I X-post to the wrong one. --CZ -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Xfree-4 WAS: Re: Proper method of updating XFree86 Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 08:13:59 -0500 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> To: "Chad Ziccardi" <zicc@bellatlantic.net> References: <392B638E.3F319B16@dccnet.com> <392B6647.887DCBBA@bellatlantic.net> Can anybody point me to a link that describes this "Hole"? I have not found any such report anywhere, as of about two weeks ago. Tom Veldhouse veldy@veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Chad Ziccardi <zicc@bellatlantic.net> To: <stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 12:19 AM Subject: Xfree-4 WAS: Re: Proper method of updating XFree86 > "Kevin G. Eliuk" wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Installed "X" during a fresh install of 3.4, and have since sup-graded to > > 4.0-STABLE. I would like to update with the ports to XFree86-4.0 from 3.3.5. > > > > Being it is not a registered pkg, I cannot do a make deinstall or a pkg_delete. > > > > What is the best way to update and be able to not leave anything from the old > > distibution that can affect the performance or stability of the update? > > > > Or > > > > Is there an issue to worry about? > > I just cvsup'd to 4-stable, currently under the new ports as well, > /usr/ports/x11/Xfree-4 is forbidden (yup I could comment the line out, and > I have, since no one can reach that computer (rarely attached to my > network)) > > If the port maintainer knows the problem and thus it's marked forbidden, > why not just fix it? Maybe I'm off base here, and thus I apologize. > > --CZ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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