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Date:      Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:36:32 -0400
From:      Dcollins <dutch@charm.net>
To:        Scott Michel <scottm@CS.UCLA.EDU>
Cc:        bush doctor <dervish@bantu.cl.msu.edu>, FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hints on u/g XFree86?
Message-ID:  <37C1BEE0.2391495F@charm.net>
References:  <37C1922B.1CE656C1@cs.ucla.edu> <19990823151401.D70319@bantu.cl.msu.edu> <37C19FEC.81862CE0@cs.ucla.edu>

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Scott Michel wrote:
> 
> bush doctor wrote:
> > Here's one formula ...
> 
> I guess I should not have been as terse as I was. Of course I have the
> necessary positive cluon flux density to perform the previous 6 steps.
> (Ok, you may have been misled by my signature...)
> 
> However, if you have XF86 3.3.3.1 installed and a crapload of your
> ports depend on it (like, oh, say, your Window Manager), then a
> cavalier "pkg_delete" will cause your Romulan pain stick to vibrate
> madly in your back.
> 
> So, I'll ask it again: Is there a relatively painless way to u/g
> to XF86 3.3.4 w/o having to blat and recompile all my other ports
> and having to re-frob all of my (precious) configuration?
> 
> Or do I just compile everything up and hope for the best (like I've
> done in the past?)
> 
> (ObSideNote: I've been running -current for ~3 years, so my cluon
>  flux density is somewhat higher than a newbie's. I just haven't
>  found a decent way around this problem.)
> 
> -scooter

Now that you say it that way, I would like to know, for historical reasons,

-d

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