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Date:      Sat, 12 Jul 1997 00:33:57 -0400
From:      Lee Cremeans <lee@wakky.dyn.ml.org>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: upgrading XFree86
Message-ID:  <19970712003357.51472@wakky.dyn.ml.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970712000950.20663D-100000@Journey2.mat.net>

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On Sat, Jul 12, 1997 at 12:11:22AM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
> I want to upgrade my XFree86 to 3.3, but I have a ton of stuff in my
> existing /usr/X11R6 ... does anyone know if XFree86 can be upgraded via an
> overlay?  Otherwise, this's gonna be the upgrade from hell ...
> 

Yes, it can; in fact, that's the default for the 3.3 tarballs. It does not
require you to start fresh (and AFAIK, Xfree never has).

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