Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:42:20 +0200 From: Alexander Shikoff <minotaur@crete.org.ua> To: Oleg Gritsak <go@sib-ecometall.ru> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does update from 5.3 to 6.2 break MPD? Message-ID: <20070221154220.GB14376@crete.org.ua> In-Reply-To: <20070221030645.GA96515@go.sib-ecometall.ru> References: <20070221030645.GA96515@go.sib-ecometall.ru>
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On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 10:06:45AM +0700, Oleg Gritsak wrote: > > Hello, dear sirs! Have a small, but rather crucial for me question > concerning changes in netgraph. In one remote office (without any IT > people at all) I have FreeBSD 5.3 linked to Internet with mpd (mpd-3.18_4). > I think it's time to update it, preferably to 6.2, but I'm a bit anxious. > Especially, because I cannot do everything by handbook (as I login to server > through Internet). In all other offices (most use ppp from base system, some > just ethernet links) I build world and kernel, then install them at once, then > run mergemaster and only after that reboot... this scheme works fine for years, > even being interrupted by powerouts or Internet link loss, but I'm not sure for > mpd... Does anybody know, will mpd, build in 5.3 work in 6.2? > > Well, it is possible to build+install kernel and world, then rebuild mpd and reboot, > but powerout may happen at any moment, so it is too dangerios. > > Also, I could write some superwise script, which will build different versions of mpd, > install them, reboot et c, but I find this also too unreliable... > > Any tips? :) mpd uses NETGRAPH subsystem. Therefore it is recommended to rebuild mpd after each upgrade of FreeBSD. -- Kind Regards, Alexander Shikoff minotaur@crete.org.ua Mob.: +380 67 946 31 49
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