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To: Jochem Kossen <j.kossen@home.nl>
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Subject: Re: HEADS UP! XFree86 has been upgraded to 4.2.0 in 4.5-STABLE 
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If memory serves me right, Jochem Kossen wrote:

> Very nice! But is it possible to let it register in /var/db/pkg as a
> package? This way people would be able to upgrade in a more elegant
> way...I've seen a lot of people being disappointed because of this...

That's the way it works.  XFree86 now gets installed using the metaport,
instead of the old way of unpacking the XFree86 tarballs.

Bruce.



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