From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 3 16: 7:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from lunatic.oneinsane.net (lunatic.oneinsane.net [207.113.133.231]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBCE21513C for ; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:06:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net) Received: by lunatic.oneinsane.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3BDF8196; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:06:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:06:27 -0800 From: Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson To: Mark Newton Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (forw) Reversing 32Upgrade package Message-ID: <19991103160627.B5752@lunatic.oneinsane.net> Reply-To: Ron Rosson References: <19991103121517.A2736@lunatic.oneinsane.net> <199911032358.KAA56944@gizmo.internode.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <199911032358.KAA56944@gizmo.internode.com.au> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD lunatic.oneinsane.net 3.3-STABLE X-Opinion: What you read here is my IMHO X-Disclaimer: I am a firm believer in RTFM X-WWW: http://www.oneinsane.net X-PGP-KEY: http://www.oneinsane.net/~insane/insane2-pgp5i.txt X-Uptime: 4:03PM up 1 day, 7:16, 2 users, load averages: 0.02, 0.02, 0.00 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 04 Nov 1999, Mark Newton was heard blurting out: > Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson wrote: > > > Is there anyway to reverse 32upgrade package after it has been installed > > on a 2.2.8-STABLE system. This is on a production box and rebuilding is > > not an option I have time to explore. > > If it's a production system you will have had backups from immediately > before your upgrade, and reversing the upgrade will be a simple matter > of restoring your backups. > > Why do you want to reverse it anyway? > > - mark Well the custom software that is running on this box is only geared for 2.28 at the moment. Backup tapes do you know good if you are not sure what files got changed and how. Which is the reason for the question. TIA -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Rosson ... and a UNIX user said ... The InSaNe One rm -rf * insane@oneinsane.net and all was /dev/null and *void() ------------------------------------------------------------------- The nice thing about Windows is: It does not just crash, it displays a dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message