From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 13 15:43:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA11280 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 15:43:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cais.cais.com (root@cais.com [199.0.216.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA11275 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 15:43:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [205.252.122.1]) by cais.cais.com (8.8.5/CJKv1.99-CAIS) with SMTP id SAA07827; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 18:43:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [205.252.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA02149; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 18:43:31 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 18:43:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: Ben Cottrell cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading XFree86 In-Reply-To: <199707132202.PAA21450@ucsee.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Ben Cottrell wrote: > > This'd be pretty difficult, I think, because of imake's very incestuous > > relationship with the X11R6 tree. It would be a fantastic win, but I just > > don't think it'd be possible. > > My customary solution to this is to use a union mount to put > /usr/local/X11 on top of /usr/X11R6. That way I can replace the > underlying X tree, and my local changes go right back on top > afterwards. If union mounts worked reliably, and did not crash the machine, that'd be a good idea. I don't think they are that stable, tho. Good luck! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------