Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 01:07:45 +0800 From: S H A N <shanali@singnet.com.sg> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portupgrade aftermath Message-ID: <20020726170745.GB19278@singapura.singnet.com.sg> In-Reply-To: <200207260833.10965.backdoc@crotchett.com> References: <200207260833.10965.backdoc@crotchett.com>
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eh for mysql-server stuff please go about suggested stuff... put into /etc/make.conf the following stuff SKIP_INSTALL_DB=yes rgds, On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 08:33:10AM -0500, Darren Crotchett wrote: > Quick background: > I'm trying to transition from complete newbie to newbie-admin. In other > words, I can handle most of the basics of getting a system up and going. Now > I want to learn how properly admin a FreeBSD box. I'm running 4.6-RELEASE. > Due to the recent security issues involving php, apache and openssh, I > thought that I would try to upgrade all of my installed ports/packages. > Things went OK but, not great. I have a couple of questions. Here's how I > did what I did: > > cvsup -g -L 2 /path/to/ports-supfile > pkgdb -F > portversion (to have a look at what might get upgraded) > portupgrade -ra > > After running portupgrade, I was greeted with the following message: > > ** The following packages were not installed or upgraded (*:skipped /!:failed) > ! databases/mysql323-server (mysql-server-3.23.49) (install error) > ! devel/ruby-fnmatch (ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1) (port directory error) > * sysutils/portupgrade (portupgrade-20020429) > > The first question I have is what to do about those messages? mysql-server > 3.23.51is the version I have in /usr/ports. I wonder why portupgrade had > trouble installing? Should I try manually installing it? What command line > options should I use with portupgrade for that? > > I don't know how important ruby-fnmatch is. But, I don't know of any specific > reason why I need it. So, I'm not too worried about it. But, I don't care > to have loose ends. So, I do want to deal with it properly. What should I > do with it? > > Since security was my motivation to upgrade, now I want to verify that I have > all of the security fixes available. I'm not sure how you can tell if you > have all of the security patches compiled in. > > Finally, this last part is more a comment than a question. After upgrading, > phpBB and mailman quit working. I discovered that mysql was no longer set to > start on boot (which is why phpBB wouldn't work). And, mailman is back to > giving me UID/GID problems (I always have to edit my Makefile and recompile > it). I think I can take care of both of these problems. But, why would > portupgrade leave my services unusable? It seems like if it had problems, it > would be smart enough to back out and give you a message. > > Any suggestions? > > Darren > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- S H A N To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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