Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 04:01:23 -0800 From: list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com To: "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" <freebsd@gushi.org>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another morning lost to bad ports choices (perl upgrade, plus postgres) Message-ID: <ab5ed4b4-1706-a425-fb77-c226c62ffda0@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <034BDF27-C9FC-4EBC-901E-21A4BB81AF31@gushi.org> References: <034BDF27-C9FC-4EBC-901E-21A4BB81AF31@gushi.org>
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On 2023-10-24 15:12, Dan Mahoney (Ports) wrote: > Yes, I know that I should be ready to upgrade to 15 at some point, on > whatever quarterly port boundary it's decided, "I guess that's when", > with no advance notice, via the full stupid dump-and-restore > process. I know it's too late now, but run postgresql-server in its own jail. Among other administrative advantages, it splits the postgresql-client dependency tree so you don't have to upgrade your database server every time the Ports Tree bumps PGSQL_DEFAULT. PostgreSQL clients tend to have excellent backward compatibility, so as a rule the server just needs to be a supported version.
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