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in message <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong>, wrote Drew
Tomlinson thusly...
>
> Can I use portupgrade to upgrade XWindows related components while
> XWindows is running?

As Joe said, yes.  And i do too.  Just don't be restarting the
applications during the critical part of the upgrade process, like
i did w/ FVWM once or twice.  (Nothing bad happens really; X barfs;
i use TVTWM in the mean time.)


  - parv

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