Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:04:44 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Blah Blatz <blahblatz@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More XORG_UPGRADE questions Message-ID: <44zm2of7ur.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <566539.96420.qm@web59307.mail.re1.yahoo.com> (Blah Blatz's message of "Sat\, 23 Jun 2007 07\:32\:55 -0700 \(PDT\)") References: <566539.96420.qm@web59307.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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Blah Blatz <blahblatz@yahoo.com> writes: > Thanks for the responses to the previous ones. > > If I have successfully upgraded to xorg 7.2, and later I want to do > a portupgrade of my installed ports to a newer version, and those > include xorg or some xorg-related ports, do I have to again make > sure that XORG_UPGRADE is set? > > Or, after having successfully upgraded to 7.2, can I forget about > XORG_UPGRADE forever (at least, until the next time that I install > xorg on a fresh box)? > > How long is it planned/expected to be so that people installing on a > fresh box (or, depending on the answer to that last question, > upgrading their existing 7.2+) have to know/remember XORG_UPGRADE? > > If I use portupgrade-devel to upgrade to 7.2, can I then go back to > plain old portupgrade and not have to worry about it screwing up > future updates to xorg/xorg-related stuff, or do I have to keep > portupgrade-devel indefinitely? As far as I can see, the variable won't have an effect on your future upgrades. I plan on sticking with portupgrade-devel until the regular version catches up to where the -devel version is at now.
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