From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 3 17:48: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A486037B405 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 17:48:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdn-ar-008dcwashp233.dialsprint.net ([63.178.91.249] helo=moo.holy.cow) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16B4gh-00037W-00; Mon, 03 Dec 2001 17:47:59 -0800 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 43B0150DCB; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:14:01 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:14:01 -0500 From: parv To: Steve Tremblett Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2 Qs re upgrading XF86 Message-ID: <20011203191401.C1532@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Steve Tremblett , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20011203093040.C15864@sjt-u10.cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011203093040.C15864@sjt-u10.cisco.com>; from sjt@cisco.com on Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 09:30:40AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG in message <20011203093040.C15864@sjt-u10.cisco.com>, wrote Steve Tremblett thusly... > > I am wondering if anyone can testify to successfully upgrading XF86 > (4.0 - 4.1) without disturbing currently installed X clients. ... i upgraded XF86 3.3 versions on freebsd 3.4-3.5 w/o any problems. and, then from XF86 3,3 to 4, on freebsd 4; then from XF86 v4.0 to v4.1. still no problems. nonetheless, i did recompile all the X software at some time later, for no apparent reason. > Also, can portupgrade safely upgrade something as weighty as X? regardless of what portupgrade can or cannot do, if i were you, i would do it by hand in 4 stages -- fetch/extract, configure, install/package -- inside a script(1). - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message