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On Monday 28 June 2004 12:13 pm, Vulpes Velox wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:10:12 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Your Name <bg271828@yahoo.com> 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.
>
> build xorg-server, deinstall it, reinstall, it use pkgdb -uF to fix :)
>
> then repeat for what other xorg stuff you want :)
>
> the pkgdb -uF is important... it will go through and update
> /var/db/pkg so that all ports recognize using the new xlibs and don't
> try to reinstall xfree86...
>
> pkgdb is part of portupgrade

Indeed - what I have found out - You can't install xorg while XFree resides on 
the same system. It seems you would need to uninstall XFree before installing 
xorg.

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Chris

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