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RE: New Xfree Cygwin Package...
- From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- To: "Thomas Chadwick" <j_tetazoo at hotmail dot com>, <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 17:05:02 -0400
- Subject: RE: New Xfree Cygwin Package...
Thomas,
> I've been watching with interest all this work on packaging the
> Xfree/XWin
> stuff. Now that it appears to be a reality, what do you
> recommend for those
> of us who already have Xfree installed via the "old" method?
>
> I for one would like to move over the the Cygwin package method
> becaused I
> like being able to into the Cygwin setup program to see what's changed.
> However, I'm a little hesitant to go installing the new packages until I
> understand what the impact on my existing setup might be.
You have an excellent point. Unfortunately, the answer is, "I don't know".
I haven't yet tried installing Cygwin/XFree86 via setup.exe overtop of an
existing Cygwin/XFree86 installation. I'd like to know what happens, but
I'm not sure that I would recommend doing it.
I think the recommended course of action is to move /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11
to backup directories and install Cygwin/XFree86 via setup.exe. Be sure
that the new Cygwin/XFree86 installation works and that you have copied over
any modified files, etc. to the new directories, then get rid of the old
directories. I have to do this all the time during development on
Cygwin/XFree86. Here are the commands I use:
mv /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6_works
mv /etc/X11 /etc/X11_works
Hope that helps,
Harold