From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 27 22:06:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E20716A422 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:06:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@eyede.com) Received: from ransack.eyede.com (ransack.eyede.com [202.21.136.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A8943D45 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:06:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@eyede.com) Message-ID: <44037792.70406@eyede.com> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:05:06 +1300 From: Lists User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060117) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "pobox@verysmall.org" References: <4401F701.10202@verysmall.org> In-Reply-To: <4401F701.10202@verysmall.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by eyede.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice on upgrading production FreeBSD 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:06:05 -0000 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"