Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:57:41 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why Doesn't XFree86 Upgrade Properly Message-ID: <20000127205741.U97579@florence.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <3890AF42.21F5F672@nwlink.com> References: <3.0.32.20000128074338.00740384@idx.com.au> <3890AF42.21F5F672@nwlink.com>
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 12:49:06PM -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote: > Danny wrote: > > > > When it should be XFree863.3.6 > > You could try building it from a port, although when I did, the kernel > panicked and rebooted. This is my biggest pet peeve with FreeBSD. The > packaging/updating system needs to be expanded. No - you've got something else wrong there. Lots of people, including myself have built it from the port with zero downtime on mission critical machines. Building a port will _never_ panick a machine. Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: Take the red pill and we'll show you just how Technical Manager deep the rabbit hole goes. (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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