From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 14 20:25:18 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3136F16A417 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:25:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toreld@netscape.net) Received: from mail46.e.nsc.no (mail46.e.nsc.no [193.213.115.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 995DB13C48A for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:25:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toreld@netscape.net) Received: from [84.202.199.16] (084202199016.customer.alfanett.no [84.202.199.16]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail46.nsc.no (8.13.8/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l7EJeQp4018471 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:40:26 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <46C20532.9020503@netscape.net> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:40:34 +0200 From: Tore Lund User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070626) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Upgrading Xorg from 6 to 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:25:18 -0000 Andreas Davour wrote: > I have just read the UPDATING file and realized that this is something > that have so many possibilities of going horribly wrong that it most > certanly will. Thus I want another option. > [snip} We have seen some "clever" ways of doing it. For my own part, I studied those carefully, but in the end I bit the bullet and went by the book (UPDATING). I found the upgrade fairly smooth and swift. I ran portupgrade with the "-aP" option, and this step took 3 hours 40 mins on my modest AMD XP 2200. There were some hiccups, but after some reboots and adjusting, everything (well, almost everything) was back to normal. -- Tore