Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.6.1 and XFree86 4.3.0 - recommendations?
To: Adam Fabian <afabian@sdf.lonestar.org>
From: Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/01/2004 22:32:15
Adam Fabian [Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 10:10:00PM +0000]:
> My video card needs XFree86 4.3.0, which is later than the XFree86
> with NetBSD 1.6.1.  I'd like to stick with 1.6.1, not upgrade to
> current.  

You don't have to upgrade to -current to have latest XFree86. Didn't already
someone tell you that on IRC? :)

> I've heard pkgsrc-wip has the latest XFree86 available
> as a package.

Indeed, and it works very good.

> XFree86.org also seems to have 4.3.0 compiled for
> NetBSD 1.6.  At any rate, does anyone have any suggestions about
> what method I should go about upgrading?

I'd take the -wip package.

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