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Date:      01 May 2003 11:43:28 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Portupgrade, XFree86, and Gnome
Message-ID:  <1051803808.358.2.camel@gyros>
In-Reply-To: <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong>
References:  <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong>

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On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 11:30, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I've looked but have been unable to find an answer to my question.  Can I
> use portupgrade to upgrade XWindows related components while XWindows is
> running?  For example, I use the Gnome desktop.  If I open a terminal win=
dow
> on the desktop, can I upgrade Gnome and XFree86 related items that need
> updating in this window?  Or is it required that I exit my desktop sessio=
n,
> kill gdm, and then kill XFree86 and run portupgrade from a console sessio=
n?
> Or maybe this isn't required but preferred?  I'm confused.

I portupgrade GNOME and X components while logged into X all the time.=20
You shouldn't have a problem.

Joe

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> Thanks for any insight.
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> Drew
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