From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 18:09:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FC1A1065670 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:09:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E7DE8FC21 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:09:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 343457E818; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:09:40 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Paul Schmehl Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:09:38 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-BETA2; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <200908061829.30618.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <806ECB2662CDB48E55ACD743@Macintosh-2.local> In-Reply-To: <806ECB2662CDB48E55ACD743@Macintosh-2.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200908071009.38936.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Subject: Re: KDE3 --> KDE4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:09:41 -0000 On Thursday 06 August 2009 19:26:20 Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On August 6, 2009 9:29:30 PM -0500 Mel Flynn > > wrote: > > On Thursday 06 August 2009 15:21:14 Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> Can someone who has already done this upgrade suggest the best way to go > >> about it? Do I need to completely uninstall kde3 first? Is there an > >> upgrade path that's not fraught with gotchas? > > > > Wait a week I'd say. KDE 4.3.0 has hit the ports tree rather fast to be > > in > > time for the ports freeze and a lot of stuff is being ironed out. In > > fact, > > probably the best time is after the ports freeze is over. But I expect > > the big > > gotchas to be gone in a few days. > > -- > > Thanks, Mel. I'll wait. Will there be instructions in > /usr/ports/UPDATING after the freeze? (There's nothing in there now about > upgrading.) The 20090804 entries deal with KDE4 (indirectly). Some people have experience problems having KDE3 (in particular qt33) around, but these are build problems. If one makes packages on a clean machine, then you shouldn't be affected and a fix to address that has already been committed. -- Mel