Date: 27 Mar 2002 13:26:49 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> Cc: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86-4.2 port is a horror!! Message-ID: <wtn0wtitwm.0wt@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20020327090256.A79819@rochester.rr.com> References: <20020327140252.S36644-100000@mail.physik.uni-mainz.de> <20020327090256.A79819@rochester.rr.com>
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mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> writes: > If done correctly, there is no need to reinstall anything. ... > The best way I've found to upgrade is to deinstall your old X But doesn't your "deinstall" step remove directories where other X11 applications have files installed? I think the need to reinstall those other X11 applications is what the OP was complaining about. I suppose that he (and I) need to learn how to keep other applications from putting stuff in those directories, but that's a lot easier said than done. And isn't it rather wasteful to rebuild font directories with every XFree upgrade? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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