On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 09:31, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: > > I just upgrade XFree86 from 4.2 to 4.3 using portupgrade on 2 different > > machines.
> That statement doesn't make sense. Portupgrade upgrades pors, not the > system. So you can't upgrade from 4.2 to 4.3 with portupgrade. If you > actually upgraded the system, how did you do it? Did you then use > portupgrade to upgrade all the ports you had installed? If not, that > may be part of the problem. He's talking about XFree86 4.2 not BSD 4.2. Portupgrade is definitely the way to go. Also, XFree86 4.3 installs a new xinitrc which loads twm by default. If you want gnome-session or KDE you have to edit xinitrc to launch that session. > > Generally, when upgrading across a release, you want to deinstall the > ports in large chunks - all of them is best - and then reinstall the > ports from the new ports in the system. > > <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
