Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:23:50 +0100 From: Mike Pumford <mpumford@mpcdata.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Seeking 6.4 make source for ports Message-ID: <4FE2DA16.5040704@mpcdata.com> In-Reply-To: <20120620185618.GC42080@manor.msen.com> References: <20120620045759.GY42080@manor.msen.com> <op.wf60domq8527sy@ronaldradial.versatec.local> <20120620185618.GC42080@manor.msen.com>
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Michael R. Wayne wrote: > Upgrading a port can be done without rebooting the machine. Upgrading > the O/S is a MUCH more major undertaking and is almost never a "clean" > process. Plus the time investment multiplied by many machines is huge > (and dreaded). > 6.x->7 was pretty painless. The machine was down for about 20mins while I did the installkernel/installworld step. I was in a bit of a rush so I didn't do the full mergemaster on /etc at that point in time and the only quirk I saw was a PAM auth warning in the log that didn't impact anything in the configuration I was using. This was fixed when I did the mergemaster on /etc (which I did on a snapshot later). At this point in time the machine was still running ports compiled in the 5.x timeframe. I then created a chroot environment to do the ports update in. Mike -- Mike Pumford, Senior Software Engineer MPC Data Limited e-mail: mpumford@mpcdata.com web: www.mpcdata.com tel: +44 (0) 1225 710600 fax: +44 (0) 1225 710601 ddi: +44 (0) 1225 710635
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