From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 7 04:43:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252BA16A404 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 04:43:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from pukruppa.net (pukruppa.net [213.146.114.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BE4113C478 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 04:43:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from pukruppa.net (pukruppa.net [213.146.114.24]) by pukruppa.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l274Fsgo055473; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 05:15:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 05:15:53 +0100 (CET) From: "P.U.Kruppa" To: jbousseau In-Reply-To: <1173186432.20605.10.camel@localhost> Message-ID: <20070307050719.M2006@pukruppa.net> References: <1173186432.20605.10.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade, portupgrade or not ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:43:35 -0000 On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, jbousseau wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I actually got a FreeBSD 5.4 for Mail server ( postfix+imp+horde) , and > DNS server with bind. > I really hesitate to upgrade my ports and my BSD because the > configuration of IMP+horde+php is a real mess. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > What are your advices about it ? > > Pls notice i'm not a Bsd specialist. Thanx ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Under these special circumstances: Don't mess around with your running system. Do a completely fresh install on an extra machine and exchange the old one, when the new is up and running. Regards, Uli. Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany