From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 24 12:45:09 2007 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 A8EB516A41B for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:45:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B6FE13C4D5 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:45:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IvuNg-0001TE-4p for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:45:08 +0000 Received: from esperance.zetnet.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with SMTP id lAOCj7vm020993 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:45:07 GMT Received: (qmail 76262 invoked by uid 1001); 24 Nov 2007 12:45:01 -0000 From: "Frank Shute" Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:45:01 +0000 To: Siraj Shaikh Message-ID: <20071124124501.GA76216@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <3b2ddd940711231714l777cd91flb675c90cffd2a46e@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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940711240422h277546dem3250606423a048c6@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-PRERELEASE i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:45:07 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Upgrading X11 port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:45:09 -0000 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 wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:09:20 +0000 > > "Frank Shute" 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