From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 1 09:05:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CAD137B401 for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 09:05:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (170-215-84-217.br1.elk.ca.frontiernet.net [170.215.84.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A6043FAF for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 09:05:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from tagalong (unknown [165.107.42.110]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with SMTP id DFAE3EE52A; Thu, 1 May 2003 09:05:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <023201c30ffb$78f3d700$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> From: "Drew Tomlinson" To: "Joe Marcus Clarke" References: <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> <1051803808.358.2.camel@gyros> Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 09:05:14 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 cc: FreeBSD User Questions List Subject: Re: Portupgrade, XFree86, and Gnome X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 16:05:37 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Marcus Clarke" To: "Drew Tomlinson" Cc: "FreeBSD User Questions List" Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:43 AM > 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 window >> 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 session, >> kill gdm, and then kill XFree86 and run portupgrade from a console session? >> Or maybe this isn't required but preferred? I'm confused. > I portupgrade GNOME and X components while logged into X all the time. > You shouldn't have a problem. OK, thanks for clearing that up. However I assume I'd have to shutdown and restart applications to begin using the new versions? What about libraries? Would apps use new versions immediately or would they have to be restarted? Thanks, Drew