Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 13:13:59 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sinility strikes again - how to use ports Message-ID: <20011211131359.A38597@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20011211123459.00981b10@pop.netzero.net>; from raiden23@netzero.net on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 12:40:42PM -0500 References: <4.2.0.58.20011211123459.00981b10@pop.netzero.net>
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<begin blatant self promotion> Use portupgrade. Check out www.onlamp.com for an article called "Cleaning up Ports" that discusses how to do this. </end blatant self promotion.> On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 12:40:42PM -0500, Lord Raiden wrote: > Ok, old age is catching up to me again. I'm needing to upgrade an old BSD > box with 4.3 on it and a mandrake box with the newest mandrake so that I we > can use them as test servers for some stuff. They're base installs and > don't have all the cool extra stuff on them and I don't feel like > reinstalling them and I'm too lazy to ftp out and grab stuff by hand. So > does anyone know how to use the ports to upgrade this stuff? > > I need to add apache, Samba, DHCP, VPN, IpSec, SMTP and Pop3 for network > mail (I know this is already on there by default but I'm going to be doing > some wild stuff with it so I want to be sure I've got everything related to > those two), and some other items, but I want to do it in the easiest way > possible with the existing installs rather than reinstalling both > boxes. Part of the reason I'm asking is if all goes right, I'm gonna have > to do this on like another 200+ machines or so, so I'm sure you get the > idea. :) Learn the easy way first on the test machines, then when it > comes to the real thing, it will be easy. > > Thanks guys. You're always great help. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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