Date: 18 May 2002 21:18:18 +0100 From: "S. Roberts" <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com>, ecerejo@zapo.net, kstewart@owt.com Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade XFree86-3.3.6? to XFree86-4.X Message-ID: <1021753098.84212.163.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> In-Reply-To: <3CE682D7.5040102@dccnet.com> References: <1021731694.84212.15.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> <3CE682D7.5040102@dccnet.com>
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--=-7ekz47niJABAI3B8eILc Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you all for your replies! From what I've gathered here, there's definitely some consideration to this after all. XFree86-3.3.6 was installed during installation via /stand/sysinstall, so that means that its there as a distribution (right?). Does this really mean performing: 1] rm -rf on /usr/XFree84* 2] Re-build all ports that depend on XFree86 Say it ain't so! Stacey On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 17:35, Kevin G. Eliuk wrote: >=20 >=20 > S. Roberts wrote: > > Hi, > > I have XFree86-3.3.6 installed on my system. After posting questions > > about my colour / graphics problems with a new monitor, numerous > > respondents advised me to upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2. > >=20 > > Simple question here is, how do I upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2? Please bear > > with me here - yes I've read the handbook, yes, I've read The Complete > > FreeBSD, there's nowhere is either of the two that addresses upgrading > > from a previous XFree86-3.3.6 to a later version. > >=20 > > The handbook mentions installing a later version after completing the > > base installation and then proceeding to install the newer version via > > the ports .., that's it. Nothing about what happens to the original > > files, or what to do before attempting the install. The XFree86 site > > doesn't mention any procedures for doing either. >=20 > When upgrading here are the the things that I consider. >=20 > Was the installation of XFree86-3.3.6 installed as a package or as a dist= ro? > a) As a package the installation can rely on the packages > database(/var/db/pkg) (you can simply use pkg_delete > to uninstall the old version) > b) As a distro the you have no handy reference to what > files/libraries/binaries are part of the original > installation. (This will change with 4.6 RELEASE as > XFree86-4 will be installed as a package and not a > distro when chosen from sysinstall, as I understand > the testing notes) >=20 > As my situation was b) I chose to >=20 > 1)Remove all installed packages. > 2)rm -rf /usr/X11R6/* > 3)Add "XFREE86_VERSION=3D4" to /etc/make.conf > 4)Install XFree86-4 from the ports > 5)Reinstall required ports making portupgrade one of the first to=20 > install for easier management. >=20 > > I'm not hoping to make a big deal out of this, so I'd just like to find > > out if this procedure is documented anywhere, and where it might be. >=20 > None that I could find either. >=20 > Hope this helps. >=20 >=20 --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science Network Systems Engineer --=-7ekz47niJABAI3B8eILc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you all for your replies! >From what I've gathered here, there's definitely some consideration to this after all. XFree86-3.3.6 was installed during installation via /stand/sysinstall, so that means that its there as a distribution (right?). Does this really mean performing: 1] rm -rf on /usr/XFree84* 2] Re-build all ports that depend on XFree86 Say it ain't so! Stacey On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 17:35, Kevin G. Eliuk wrote: >=20 >=20 > S. Roberts wrote: > > Hi, > > I have XFree86-3.3.6 installed on my system. After posting questions > > about my colour / graphics problems with a new monitor, numerous > > respondents advised me to upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2. > >=20 > > Simple question here is, how do I upgrade to XFree86-4.0.2? Please bear > > with me here - yes I've read the handbook, yes, I've read The Complete > > FreeBSD, there's nowhere is either of the two that addresses upgrading > > from a previous XFree86-3.3.6 to a later version. > >=20 > > The handbook mentions installing a later version after completing the > > base installation and then proceeding to install the newer version via > > the ports .., that's it. Nothing about what happens to the original > > files, or what to do before attempting the install. The XFree86 site > > doesn't mention any procedures for doing either. >=20 > When upgrading here are the the things that I consider. >=20 > Was the installation of XFree86-3.3.6 installed as a package or as a dist= ro? > a) As a package the installation can rely on the packages > database(/var/db/pkg) (you can simply use pkg_delete > to uninstall the old version) > b) As a distro the you have no handy reference to what > files/libraries/binaries are part of the original > installation. (This will change with 4.6 RELEASE as > XFree86-4 will be installed as a package and not a > distro when chosen from sysinstall, as I understand > the testing notes) >=20 > As my situation was b) I chose to >=20 > 1)Remove all installed packages. > 2)rm -rf /usr/X11R6/* > 3)Add "XFREE86_VERSION=3D4" to /etc/make.conf > 4)Install XFree86-4 from the ports > 5)Reinstall required ports making portupgrade one of the first to=20 > install for easier management. >=20 > > I'm not hoping to make a big deal out of this, so I'd just like to find > > out if this procedure is documented anywhere, and where it might be. >=20 > None that I could find either. >=20 > Hope this helps. >=20 >=20 - --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc. 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