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From: "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Still No X (Re: Catastrophe Re: Proliferating LLVMs)
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:37:59 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:46:25 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:

> Steven G. Kargl <sgk@removetroutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:19:04 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:
>> 
>>> Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> ...in any case my failure to launch X successfully
>>>> since the flirtation with removing llvm12 and putting
>>>> it back has NOT been solved by upgrading 13.2->3.
>>> 
>>> The problem started when I deleted LLVM12 and did not go
>>> away when I reinstalled it...and deleting and reinstalling
>>> xinit has made no difference.
>>> 
>>> Either nothing at all starts,
>>> or it starts and aborts,
>>> or the windows come up in the
>>> window manager and either
>>> attempting to launch an application
>>> crashes it or the keyboard and mouse
>>> are no longer able to make inputs
>>> and I have to restart.
>>> 
>>> What needs to be redone to again
>>> have a working X?
>> 
>> If I get in your situtation, I typically rebuild everything
>> from source.  So, first created a backup, then do
> 
> What in toto needs to be backed up?
>  

Anything that you may have customizied under /etc and
/usr/local/etc.  If you made any customizations under
/usr/ports, the three commands should preserve those
when pulling an up-to-date tree.

% git stash     <-- hide changes
% git pull -ff  <-- update tree
% git stash pop <-- restore changes

-- 
steve