Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 09:07:11 -0700 (PDT) From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@1command.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please remove Perl from ports Message-ID: <8705515f2e1b295438d448910a7d19bd.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <20130801174900.68fa46eb@mr129166> References: <622977670ec4e80b844c5c6c978ae6f6.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <20130801174900.68fa46eb@mr129166>
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Greetings Patrick, and thank you for the reply. > Le Thu, 1 Aug 2013 08:31:45 -0700 (PDT), > "Chris H" <bsd-lists@1command.com> a écrit : > >> Greetings, >> I currently manage several RELENG_8 servers. Recent changes in the >> manner in which base && ports must be managed have resulted in more >> than a fair amount of grief. the migration from cv(sup) --> subversion >> required re-working long standing, carefully crafted management >> procedures to be pitched to the trash, and re-invented. A recent >> change to the Perl installation structure presents an entire new set >> of headaches, rendering up(grading|dating) near, if not completely >> impossible. > > that's not new. A perl upgrade was always painful. > I suggest to use poudriere to build yours packages and pkgng to > manage them. As poudriere produces a consistent set of packages, > an upgrade is painless (pkg upgrade -f) and you can deploy them on > several machines. > > In fact poudriere and pkg saved me :) While that all sounds "dreamy". I don't think setting something like that up on a *half* up(graded|dated) server, should even be considered. Much less even possible. :( Thanks again, for taking the time to respond. --chris > > Regards. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >help
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