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Re: XFree86 3.1.2D



On Mon, 22 Apr 1996, Shawn Asmussen wrote:

> Anyway, I'd really appreciate it if you could be a little more specific as
> to what parts of 3.1.2D I need to install and where so that I don't toast
> my current installation and have to restore the whole X11R6 directory.

Your best bet is to

a) install the current Debian X packages
b) put the packages containing the bits that you want to replace on 
'hold' using dselect
c) replace the appropriate files in /usr/X11R6, making sure that you 
don't create any files that aren't there already

d) when I release X packages with the appropriate versions of servers 
that you are looking for, take the packages off hold in dselect and 
install the new packages as usual.

I still think that, even if they have altered Xlib and so on, all you 
really _need_ is the new servers, which only depend on libc. Unless, of 
course, you want to use the new features of Xlib.

Steve Early
sde1000@cam.ac.uk


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