From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 11 21:34:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA19011 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:34:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wakky.dyn.ml.org (lee@1Cust56.Max17.Washington.DC.MS.UU.NET [153.34.57.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA19000 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:34:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from lee@localhost) by wakky.dyn.ml.org (8.8.5/8.8.3) id AAA00798; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 00:33:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19970712003357.51472@wakky.dyn.ml.org> Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 00:33:57 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans To: Chuck Robey Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading XFree86 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.66e Reply-to: hcremean@vt.edu X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE X-Evil: microsoft.com Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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). -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower)|A! JW223 "People are idiots who deserve to be mocked."--Dogbert|YWD+++i P&B+++ SL+++^i My home page:http://wakky.dyn.ml.org/~lee | MD+++r P+ I++ Di "Whoa, dumber than advertised!" | $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac Ee34/1/36 H2 PonPippi