Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:26:10 -0600 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: Parish <parish@magichamster.com> Cc: ports list <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading xorg 6.9 to 7.3 -- what happened to xorg-upgrade? Message-ID: <20080201032610.GA23869@rancor.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <47A26F8B.2070803@magichamster.com> References: <20080131203425.GA26119@rancor.immure.com> <20080131205623.GW62012@atarininja.org> <20080201001036.GB26119@rancor.immure.com> <47A26F8B.2070803@magichamster.com>
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On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 01:02:03AM +0000, Parish wrote: > Bob Willcox wrote: >> No, I'm not interested in the script(1) part. I am familiar with script >> but wasn't interested in using it here. What I want is the xorg-upgrade >> program that is used to move a bunch of x11 files to new places for the >> 7.x version. >> > > xorg-upgrade is the file that script(1) spews all the output into so, if > the upgrade fails, you've got all the info to work out why (which is why > UPDATING suggests using script(1)). IIRC when I did the 6.9 -> 7.x upgrade > xorg-upgrade ended up being something like 30MB!! > > From script(1): > > script [-akq] [-t time] [file [command ...]] > > [...] > > If the argument file is given, script saves all dialogue in file. > > HTH Thanks for the info Mark, however I do know what script does and why one might use it (I've used it for years for just that, and I'm not even trying to use it here). What I was asking about (please re-read my subject line) was the xorg-upgrade command itself. Where is it located? I can't find it anywhere on any of my 10 FreeBSD systems (and I know it used to exist because I have used it in the past). Bob > > Regards, > > Mark -- Bob Willcox A lack of planning on your part does bob@immure.com not constitute an emergency on my part. Austin, TX
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