Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 16:25:24 -0700 From: paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> To: Pat Maddox <pat@patmaddox.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg upgrade vs building from source Message-ID: <CAMtcK2qfE=HLtYCMxF=0XW1bateO9Hv7N4bW%2BjQ34gBh4sAF_Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <99bb01a2-e099-4a52-808d-b1e4ec28385f@app.fastmail.com> References: <CAMtcK2rPSxd0DignXvzw%2BnNc1U1iYpBjGpN%2BtqA4zevUO4qkQA@mail.gmail.com> <e4544587-50bb-55e8-3284-58a76b3a69f7@freebsd.org> <CAMtcK2rp2JLHpWJbQHv1DQBB8MS3=ro9hbJF0orUEK3rqJ5xLw@mail.gmail.com> <3da3d329-a19d-51cd-0f78-ef77dbf66bfe@holgerdanske.com> <CAMtcK2qLsodE2QSE7uLZkoRRo7ogHNmfHGJAHTR9g2ZP8HgpfQ@mail.gmail.com> <99bb01a2-e099-4a52-808d-b1e4ec28385f@app.fastmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 3:34 PM Pat Maddox <pat@patmaddox.com> wrote: > Do you use pkg only, or do you have a mix of ports and packages? I ask > because you mention going back to ports and it working… my understanding is > generally you want to use ports xor pkg, not mix them. > > Also you might consider using latest pkg instead of quarterly, as it’s > going to be more current and thus have any fixes that might not be in > quarterly yet. > > But if you are mixing ports and pkg, I would start there. It’s possible > you have pretty recent ports, mixed with old-ish (quarterly) pkg, and that > could certainly cause issues. > > It would be best to rely on one or the other, to be sure. Pkg handles the registration of ports/pkgs alike so not sure if I can query if a port was built from source or as a pkg. I don't think I have installed many from source, just postfix for certain. That may have been unduly hasty. Further analysis tells me pkg might not be where this originated. A lot of the files in /usr/local/etc/postfix were touched on a date and time when I wasn't available to do that…so that's interesting. This morning I found that some files were touched at 14:08 on Monday Oct 3. I looked at the weekly mirror/backup and the same files are all dated Sept 6 when I got this all working again. Nothing should have changed between then and now. [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 3:34 PM Pat Maddox <<a href="mailto:pat@patmaddox.com">pat@patmaddox.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Do you use pkg only, or do you have a mix of ports and packages? I ask because you mention going back to ports and it working… my understanding is generally you want to use ports xor pkg, not mix them.<br> <br> Also you might consider using latest pkg instead of quarterly, as it’s going to be more current and thus have any fixes that might not be in quarterly yet.<br> <br> But if you are mixing ports and pkg, I would start there. It’s possible you have pretty recent ports, mixed with old-ish (quarterly) pkg, and that could certainly cause issues.<br> <br></blockquote><div><br></div>It would be best to rely on one or the other, to be sure. Pkg handles the registration of ports/pkgs alike so not sure if I can query if a port was built from source or as a pkg. I don't think I have installed many from source, just postfix for certain. That may have been unduly hasty. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Further analysis tells me pkg might not be where this originated. A lot of the files in /usr/local/etc/postfix were touched on a date and time when I wasn't available to do that…so that's interesting. This morning I found that some files were touched at 14:08 on Monday Oct 3. I looked at the weekly mirror/backup and the same files are all dated Sept 6 when I got this all working again. Nothing should have changed between then and now. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><br></div></div>home | help
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