Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 19:34:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Support <support@netmint.com> To: Lewis Watson <lists@visionsix.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating Ports on Production Servers Message-ID: <20030609193427.N75289@alice.netmint.com> In-Reply-To: <00f501c32c82$c53e9750$de0a0a0a@vsis169> References: <00f501c32c82$c53e9750$de0a0a0a@vsis169>
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On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, 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... > Thanks! > Lewis > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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