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I think he meant this to goto the list, my apologies if I X-post to the
wrong one.

--CZ

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Xfree-4 WAS: Re: Proper method of updating XFree86
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 08:13:59 -0500
From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>
To: "Chad Ziccardi" <zicc@bellatlantic.net>
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Can anybody point me to a link that describes this "Hole"?  I have not
found
any such report anywhere, as of about two weeks ago.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Chad Ziccardi <zicc@bellatlantic.net>
To: <stable@freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 12:19 AM
Subject: Xfree-4 WAS: Re: Proper method of updating XFree86


> "Kevin G. Eliuk" wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Installed "X" during a fresh install of 3.4, and have since sup-graded
to
> > 4.0-STABLE.  I would like to update with the ports to XFree86-4.0 from
3.3.5.
> >
> > Being it is not a registered pkg, I cannot do a make deinstall or a
pkg_delete.
> >
> > What is the best way to update and be able to not leave anything from
the old
> > distibution that can affect the performance or stability of the update?
> >
> > Or
> >
> > Is there an issue to worry about?
>
> I just cvsup'd to 4-stable, currently under the new ports as well,
> /usr/ports/x11/Xfree-4 is forbidden (yup I could comment the line out, and
> I have, since no one can reach that computer (rarely attached to my
> network))
>
> If the port maintainer knows the problem and thus it's marked forbidden,
> why not just fix it? Maybe I'm off base here, and thus I apologize.
>
> --CZ
>
>
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