Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 09:35:35 -0700 From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com> To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade XFree86-3.3.6? to XFree86-4.X Message-ID: <3CE682D7.5040102@dccnet.com> References: <1021731694.84212.15.camel@Demon.Strobe.org>
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S. Roberts wrote:
> Hi,
> I have XFree86-3.3.6 installed on my system. After posting questions
> about my colour / graphics problems with a new monitor, numerous
> respondents advised me to upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2.
>
> Simple question here is, how do I upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2? Please bear
> with me here - yes I've read the handbook, yes, I've read The Complete
> FreeBSD, there's nowhere is either of the two that addresses upgrading
> from a previous XFree86-3.3.6 to a later version.
>
> The handbook mentions installing a later version after completing the
> base installation and then proceeding to install the newer version via
> the ports .., that's it. Nothing about what happens to the original
> files, or what to do before attempting the install. The XFree86 site
> doesn't mention any procedures for doing either.
When upgrading here are the the things that I consider.
Was the installation of XFree86-3.3.6 installed as a package or as a distro?
a) As a package the installation can rely on the packages
database(/var/db/pkg) (you can simply use pkg_delete
to uninstall the old version)
b) As a distro the you have no handy reference to what
files/libraries/binaries are part of the original
installation. (This will change with 4.6 RELEASE as
XFree86-4 will be installed as a package and not a
distro when chosen from sysinstall, as I understand
the testing notes)
As my situation was b) I chose to
1)Remove all installed packages.
2)rm -rf /usr/X11R6/*
3)Add "XFREE86_VERSION=4" to /etc/make.conf
4)Install XFree86-4 from the ports
5)Reinstall required ports making portupgrade one of the first to
install for easier management.
> I'm not hoping to make a big deal out of this, so I'd just like to find
> out if this procedure is documented anywhere, and where it might be.
None that I could find either.
Hope this helps.
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