From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 24 12:14:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9682D152FB for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 12:14:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.1.3.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA10533; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:13:57 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA02531; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:13:57 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:13:57 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Damien Tougas Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is the best way to upgrade X-Windows? Message-ID: <20000125091357.E2267@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: <20000124085041.A1693@tougas.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000124085041.A1693@tougas.net>; from damien@tougas.net on Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 08:50:41AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 08:50:41AM -0700, Damien Tougas wrote: [...] > or, can I just do a pkg_delete -f on the X-Windows port and install a new > version without having to re-build everything else? Yup, you can do it this way, (although I usually don't bother with a pkg_delete); using /stand/sysinstall to install it will work just as well. No need to rebuild current running apps. Cheers. Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message