Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 00:21:58 +0200 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de> To: "S. Roberts" <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> Cc: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com>, ecerejo@zapo.net, kstewart@owt.com, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade XFree86-3.3.6? to XFree86-4.X Message-ID: <20070518222157.GA3282@altair.mukappabeta.net> In-Reply-To: <1021753098.84212.163.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> References: <1021731694.84212.15.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> <3CE682D7.5040102@dccnet.com> <1021753098.84212.163.camel@Demon.Strobe.org>
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S. Roberts writes: >XFree86-3.3.6 was installed during installation via /stand/sysinstall, >so that means that its there as a distribution (right?). Does this >really mean performing: >1] rm -rf on /usr/XFree84* >2] Re-build all ports that depend on XFree86 > >Say it ain't so! I think you can keep the old libraries (and hence don't have to rebuild existing programs), since they're compatible with the (new) X server anyways (at least at protocol level.) The clean way would be to rebuild all X apps, after having replaced the entire X hierarchy, tho. --mkb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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