Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 08:50:04 -0500 From: Darren Crotchett <backdoc@crotchett.com> To: Bauer <timewax@web.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portupgrade aftermath Message-ID: <200207280850.04930.backdoc@crotchett.com> In-Reply-To: <200207280829.09744.backdoc@crotchett.com> References: <200207260833.10965.backdoc@crotchett.com> <20020726192644.51794926.timewax@web.de> <200207280829.09744.backdoc@crotchett.com>
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One more question before I reinstall Mailman. Will I need to use portins= tall=20 or portupgrade -N since, as far as portupgrade is concerned, it successfu= lly=20 upgraded it already? Darren On Sunday 28 July 2002 08:29 am, Darren Crotchett wrote: > I'm finally getting somewhere. I got mysql server to compile by copyin= g > /etc/defaults/make.conf to /etc/make.conf and adding the line > SKIP_INSTALL_DB=3Dyes to the last line. > > Now, I thought I'd try the same thing with Mailman by adding CGI_GID?=3D > 65533 to my /etc/make.conf. However, before I do, I'd like to know if = this > might adversely affect other programs. > > Thanks, > Darren > > On Friday 26 July 2002 12:26 pm, Bauer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:33:10 -0500 > > > > Darren Crotchett <backdoc@crotchett.com> 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 p= hp, > > > 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 > > > > You should always run portsdb -uU after you updated your ports to reb= uild > > the INDEX > > > > > After running portupgrade, I was greeted with the following message= : > > > > > > ** The following packages were not installed or upgraded (*:skipped > > > /!:failed) > > > =09! databases/mysql323-server (mysql-server-3.23.49) (install > > > =09error)! devel/ruby-fnmatch (ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1) (port > > > =09directory 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 installi= ng > > > it? What command line options should I use with portupgrade for th= at? > > > > I don't know if this is the best way, but I always try a portupgrade = -r > > port and look at the exact error make gives. > > > > > I don't know how important ruby-fnmatch is. But, I don't know of a= ny > > > 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 i= t > > > properly. What should I do with it? > > > > Try to run portsdb -uU and then upgrade this port again. > > > > > 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 wor= k). > > > 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 li= ke > > > if it had problems, it would be smart enough to back out and give y= ou > > > a message. > > > > Run make options in mail/mailman. You can set some options at build t= ime > > including UID/GID . Also look at the -M option with > > portinstall/portupgrade. Then have a look at man make.conf . You can = set > > permanent variables for ports there to make sure they are always used= on > > your upgrades. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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