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Subject: Re: Port upgrade problem
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"Petre Bandac" <petre@kgb.ro> writes:

> While upgrading port, I have the following problems:
> - some cfg files are overwritten (authdaemon's authmysqlrc)

I can't figure out what port that comes from, so I can't help.

> - some make install options are not kept (maildrop - not compiled against mysql and courier imap - fam is compiled, even though initially was ruled out)

Those aren't set up as OPTIONS, so they won't get stored in
/var/db/ports.  

> The upgrade sequence is:
>
> # portsnap fetch update
> # portmanager -u
>
> Am I doing something wrong?

See "alternative configuration" in the portmanager manual.