Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:45:01 +0000 From: "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: Siraj Shaikh <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Upgrading X11 port Message-ID: <20071124124501.GA76216@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940711240422h277546dem3250606423a048c6@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b2ddd940711231714l777cd91flb675c90cffd2a46e@mail.gmail.com> <bef9a7920711231750t7091c348i203081e2f2726952@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940711231753k552e571cob6d3e5eb767cfea@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940711231753s2243ce20h31205962de35e4f7@mail.gmail.com> <20071124070920.GA17265@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20071124113820.43210753@tania.servebbs.org> <3b2ddd940711240422h277546dem3250606423a048c6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 12:22:36PM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > Hi > > With regards to the following post, I just wanted to clarify this. > > I am going to do this now. Get the ports tree, using > > portsnap fetch > > and > > portsnap extract > > and then > > portsnap update > > Then, when I install xorg, would that be the 7.3 version? or would it > still be 6.9, and I would have to update it using the guideliness > given in UPDATING? Portsnap will update your ports tree & will contain the stubs for xorg 7.3. If you're currently running 6.9 then follow the instructions in UPDATING. > Is it not possible to install xorg-7.3 right from the start? avoiding > this manual updating? Yes. If you haven't got 6.9 installed then you can just install 7.3 without mucking about with the upgrade procedure described in UPDATING. > > If this question doesn make sense, then I obiviously dont understand > something about port/software installation in freebsd :) I think you're getting the hang of it :) PS. Please don't top post. > > > On 24/11/2007, Bob Richards <rrichard@blythe-systems.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:09:20 +0000 > > "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 01:53:48AM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > > > > > > > The process described there should work for updating from 6.9 to 7.3 > > > > > > > It works just fine. I recently upgraded from 6.9 to 7.3. The procedure > > outlined in UPDATING works. > > > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html
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