Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:00:05 +0200 From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net> To: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> Cc: Nikola Lecic <nlecic@EUnet.yu>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Avoiding upgrade to xorg 7.2 Message-ID: <200706151900.l5FJ05B1068469@moolenaar.net> In-Reply-To: <4671D4C9.3020609@paradise.net.nz>
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Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Can you not kick off an reinstall everything last think on a Friday and > have it ready for you on Monday? (you'll need to set BATCH=yes so you > don't get asked to confirm config options). I usually do this myself > whenever I upgrade (usually every 3 months or so). I'm working 7 days a week... > In most cases you can keep working while the upgrade is happening (e.g I > switch to enlightenment while Gnome is rebuilding etc). However in the > case of this Xorg 7.2 upgrade and change from X11BASE to LOCALBASE I > couldn't really do this, but I think this is not typical (I used a mac > powerbook whilst my Freebsd box was rebuilding... glad to be back in > Freebsd now!). I think upgrading X11 is best done while X11 is not running. There is also the risc that something fails and it takes N hours to make it work again. Ideally I would have two computers, one to keep working on and one to upgrade. And then switch between the two. But I have only one. > Note that it's not just Freebsd that is doing modular Xorg 7.x - Gentoo > did it a while back. I fully understand the need to move to Xorg 7.2. But for such a big move I would actually expect an OS release. -- Emacs is a nice OS - but it lacks a good text editor. That's why I am using Vim. --Anonymous /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org ///help
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