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Subject: Re: Guide to x.org update?
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On Monday 28 June 2004 11:30 am, Chris wrote:
> On Monday 28 June 2004 11:25 am, Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> > On Monday 28 June 2004 11:15 am, Chris wrote:
> > > On Monday 28 June 2004 11:10 am, Your Name wrote:
> > > > I'd like to upgrade to the x.org series from XFree86.
> > > > Is there any simple guide to how to do this? There's
> > > > nothing in /usr/ports/UPDATING. I see that some people
> > > > have reported general success, but I'm worried that
> > > > I'll miss something or forget about rebuilding
> > > > something in the three days it'll take to rebuild
> > > > every X dependent
> > > > port on my system.
> > > >
> > > > Jen
> > >
> > > Just update your ports tree, and run portupgrade to bring all
> > > your installed ports up to date.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best regards,
> > > Chris
> >
> > I was unaware that FreeBSD switched to X.org from XFree86.  Did we
> > switch or is there name confusion?  Are both offered in the newer
> > ports?
> >
> > Andrew Gould
>
> Hmm, after looking:
>
> /usr/ports/x11/xorg
> This is a metaport for all the X.Org packages available in the ports
> tree.
>
> WWW: http://www.x.org/
>
> - Eric Anholt
> anholt@FreeBSD.org
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Chris

Thanks.  I haven't updated my ports in awhile in order to keep ports in 
sync without a lot of portupgrades.

Have a great day!

Andrew