UPGRADE to Xorg-X11, is it safe??

[Bart Kalita]

Gene Smith wrote:

> Bart Kalita wrote, On 03/21/2004 03:33 PM:
>
>> jim tate wrote:
>>
>>> I'm having problem of updating the Kdebase , chkfontpath packages,
>>> they can't find 'xfs' , needed as a dependency. and I have 
>>> XFree86-xfs installed.
>>> I have missgivings about upgrade to xorg-x11.
>>> In other words I'M SCARED. There you have the truth.
>>>
>>> Jim Tate
>>>
>>>
>> There is a short description of my  xorg install process:
>>
>> [root at nemesis bart]# yum --exclude=xorg* --exclude=anaconda 
>> --exclude=gdm --exclude=kdebase --exclude=kdebase-devel 
>> --exclude=chkfontpath --exclude=XFree86* update
>
>
> Is it normal for yum to get very quite (80-90% cpu and very little 
> disk activity) for a long time after all the header and packages are 
> downloaded and after printing "Test transaction complete, Success!"? I 
> killed it and started over thinking maybe it was hung but is is still 
> being very slow at this point the 2nd time.
>
>
>
Depending on the amount of the updated files it might take a fair amount 
of time. 

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