From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 16:34:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9937C37B401 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 16:34:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alice.netmint.com (alice.netmint.com [207.106.37.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE5B443FBD for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 16:34:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from support@netmint.com) Received: from alice.netmint.com (localhost.netmint.com [127.0.0.1]) by alice.netmint.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h59NYWe0075298; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 19:34:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from support@netmint.com) Received: from localhost (support@localhost)h59NYVkV075294; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 19:34:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from support@netmint.com) X-Authentication-Warning: alice.netmint.com: support owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 19:34:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Support To: Lewis Watson In-Reply-To: <00f501c32c82$c53e9750$de0a0a0a@vsis169> Message-ID: <20030609193427.N75289@alice.netmint.com> References: <00f501c32c82$c53e9750$de0a0a0a@vsis169> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating Ports on Production Servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 23:34:39 -0000 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" >