From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 1 09:07:48 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 74F3237B401 for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 09:07:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 674E743F3F for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 09:07:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from mail4.nc.rr.com (fe4 [24.93.67.51])h41G6OMq020456; Thu, 1 May 2003 12:06:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com ([66.57.17.158]) by mail4.nc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Thu, 1 May 2003 12:09:46 -0400 Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) h41G4maa028322; Thu, 1 May 2003 12:04:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Drew Tomlinson In-Reply-To: <023201c30ffb$78f3d700$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> References: <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> <023201c30ffb$78f3d700$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-1IiTz9exdAKTcFdH3HyM" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1051805251.358.5.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 01 May 2003 12:07:32 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-39.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,QUOTE_TWICE_1,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) 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 16:07:48 -0000 --=-1IiTz9exdAKTcFdH3HyM Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 12:05, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: "Joe Marcus Clarke" > To: "Drew Tomlinson" > Cc: "FreeBSD User Questions List" > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:43 AM >=20 > > 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. Ca= n 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 nee= d > >> 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. >=20 > > I portupgrade GNOME and X components while logged into X all the time. > > You shouldn't have a problem. >=20 > OK, thanks for clearing that up. However I assume I'd have to shutdown a= nd > restart applications to begin using the new versions? Yes. > What about libraries? > Would apps use new versions immediately or would they have to be restarte= d? New libraries are available immediately if you launch new applications.=20 However, if you want to use, for example, a new libX11, you would need to restart X entirely to make sure all applications are using it. Joe >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Drew --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-1IiTz9exdAKTcFdH3HyM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+sUZDb2iPiv4Uz4cRAkiwAJ4nHPTSbD4ajbROYh0FyQQtMGzDvACePm3o EiKaXZ/uJjCL1L1uXdqtPrA= =8AaE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-1IiTz9exdAKTcFdH3HyM--