Subject: Re: NetBSD/amd64 and XFree86.
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang+gnus20040310T025458@dailyplanet.dontspam.wsrcc.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/10/2004 02:59:48
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 02:59:48 -0800
In-Reply-To: <20040310085641.GA29126@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> (Andreas Kahari's
 message of "10 Mar 2004 08:56:41 GMT")
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ak+netbsd@freeshell.org (Andreas Kahari) writes:
> As far as I know, there's nothing in XFree86 that gets installed
> outside /usr/X11R6 (correct me if I'm wrong), so you could just
> move that aside while trying out a new X release.
>
>     # cd /usr
>     # mv X11R6 old.X11R6
>     # cd /usr/xsrc && make build

Depending on when the older X was built, there may also be some
vestigial crap in /etc/X11 that needs to also be moved into hiding.

-wolfgang
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