From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 4 2: 5:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from aragorn.neomedia.it (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.103.207.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D75A537B68F for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 02:05:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bartequi@neomedia.it) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (ppp1-pa5.neomedia.it [195.103.207.113]) by aragorn.neomedia.it (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA08794; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 11:04:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 10:06:16 GMT Message-ID: <20000604.10061600@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: reinstall a patched x-windows - help To: Otter , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: goldtech@worldpost.com In-Reply-To: <39399017.9297F148@telocity.com> References: <000401bfcdad$d73cde30$39e27ad1@leegold1> <39399017.9297F148@telocity.com> X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 6/4/00, 12:09:11 AM, Otter wrote regarding Re: = reinstall a patched x-windows - help: > Because of compiling optimizations I've placed in my /etc/make.conf, I= > prefer to build all my ports, rather than use packages. To do an > upgrade from ports, just make deinstall the port,=20 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ =20 Hello Otter, gotcha :-) if you upgrade your ports tree, generally speaking make deinstall will=20 not work.=20 Well, I am just splitting hairs here. Issuing `pkg_delete [-f]=20 ' will do the job. "-f" may be necessary to force the=20 removal.=20 Incidentally, "make deinstall" actually invokes "pkg_delete -f" but=20 ... =20 >then make clean, > followed by a make reinstall. I'd recommend first doing a cvsup on > your ports collection to make sure you have the latest Makefile (with > patches, etc). This should not overwrite your existing > /etc/XF86Config, if that is your concern. There's always the concept > of making a backup too! > -Otter You left another item of information understood: the ports **system**=20 takes care of all dependencies -- which is a particularly valid reason=20 for Leegold. > leegold wrote: > > > > I have ati xpert2000 card - there are some text handling problems=20 w/the > > "stock" xFree86 installation. So I found and downloaded the followin= g: > > > > "X11R6-3.3.6-p3-freebsd.tar.gz > > A compiled copy of XFree86-3.3.6 with latest fixes (fix-01-r128, > > fix-02-svr4, fix-03-mmap). FreeBSD-3.4 binary. To accomodate our ATI= =20 Rage > > 128 Xpert 2000 cards. Use "XF86_SVGA" for ATI. This will untar to > > "X11R6-3.3.6-p3-freebsd/", you'll need to copy some or all to your > > /usr/X11R6 folder." > > > > What do I do to use this new X11R6-3.3.6? > > > > Do I rename the existing equivalent file w/a .old then untar this to= =20 the > > correct dir? Someone had mentioned doing something w/symlinks (?) Ho= w=20 do I > > swap out the old file and replace and implement this new - and=20 hopefully > > improved version? Is a new sysinstall operation needed? > > > > THANKS - newbie > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message