From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 23 13:58:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dt010nb9.san.rr.com (dt010nb9.san.rr.com [204.210.12.185]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE57714CD3; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:58:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by dt010nb9.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13668; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:57:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:57:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug X-Sender: doug@dt010nb9.san.rr.com To: Scott Michel Cc: bush doctor , FreeBSD Ports List , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hints on u/g XFree86? In-Reply-To: <37C19FEC.81862CE0@cs.ucla.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Scott Michel wrote: > bush doctor wrote: > > Here's one formula ... > > I guess I should not have been as terse as I was. Of course I have the > necessary positive cluon flux density to perform the previous 6 steps. > (Ok, you may have been misled by my signature...) > > However, if you have XF86 3.3.3.1 installed and a crapload of your > ports depend on it (like, oh, say, your Window Manager), then a > cavalier "pkg_delete" will cause your Romulan pain stick to vibrate > madly in your back. > > So, I'll ask it again: Is there a relatively painless way to u/g > to XF86 3.3.4 w/o having to blat and recompile all my other ports > and having to re-frob all of my (precious) configuration? Just install 3.3.4 without deleting the old one. If having the old directory around bothers you you can just blow it away by hand, or let it die by attrition as you deinstall/upgrade your various dependent ports. Doug -- "My mama told me, my mama said, 'don't cry.' 'She said you're too young a man to have as many women you got.' I looked at my mother dear and didn't even crack a smile. I said, 'If women kill me, I don't mind dyin!'" - John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues, "I Don't Know" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message