Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:05:06 +1300 From: Lists <lists@eyede.com> To: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice on upgrading production FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <44037792.70406@eyede.com> In-Reply-To: <4401F701.10202@verysmall.org> References: <4401F701.10202@verysmall.org>
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pobox@verysmall.org wrote: > I inherited a production FreeBSD 5.4 used as a web/mail server (Apache, > PostgreSQL, php, qmail, vpopmail, Courier). Could anybody help me with > information about a web resource on upgrading such system (all, OS only > or component by component) with minimum downtime. I looked into cvsup > and portupgrade - is this the right way for production systems or is > there another one? For example is it possible to have the older version > running until the new one downloads/compiles and then to replace it > within seconds? Also - what if the new version does not work correctly - > is it possible to keep the old and revert to it. regarding rolling-back to an older version, check out the --backup-packages option of portupgrade. It will create a package of the already installed version so that you can reinstall it without recompiling. > > Thank you, > Iv > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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