From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 3 16:28:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05B311513C for ; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:28:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01219; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:18:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199911040018.QAA01219@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Ron Rosson Cc: Mark Newton , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (forw) Reversing 32Upgrade package In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Nov 1999 16:06:27 PST." <19991103160627.B5752@lunatic.oneinsane.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 16:18:26 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > 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? > > 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. The upgrade package is just that; a package. You can check what's in a package with pkg_info. You'll need access to a second 2.2.8 system to recover files that may have been overwritten. As a general rule, installing things blind on a production system is not a good idea. 8) -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message