Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 19:37:28 -0400 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating Ports on Production Servers Message-ID: <20030606233728.GA1005@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <00f501c32c82$c53e9750$de0a0a0a@vsis169> References: <00f501c32c82$c53e9750$de0a0a0a@vsis169>
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On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 06:24:20PM -0500, Lewis Watson wrote: > I am a big fan of the ports collection and use the ports to build the > programs I use on our production servers. Now I am wanting to update some > ports and have a chicken and egg issue. If I go ahead and update a port > (pure-ftpd for example)... > > After I run "CVSUP portfile" the old version that's running has no > graceful way of being removed. If I try to remove it I am notified that > the version that is running is not on the machine so then I guess force > the uninstall? Either that or just do a make - make install and overwrite > the old port binaries with the new binaries ( this does not seem good > either). > > It appears the only way to cleanly upgrade a port is to deinstall the > current port. Run CVSUP portfile... and get the new port files... do a > make - make install and get the new version of the port installed. This > opens the machine to several minutes of downtime while the program is > being made... (not good either) > > Please tell me the way that it's being handled on your servers/ network... Are you referring to "make deinstall"? Don't use that to uninstall old packages. pkg_delete will remove a package for you. /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade will handle all of this for you including upgrading the required ports in the proper order. Portupgrade is also a faster typist. :-) -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org
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