Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:03:02 +0100 From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" <zszalbot@gmail.com> To: "User Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Performing installed ports upgrade / leaving some software intact Message-ID: <94136a2c0901141003hf976918vee0e5c6c9262000a@mail.gmail.com>
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Dear all, I am now full into planning the 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE upgrade. I know that at the end of the day it will also mean upgrading all ports (portupgrade -af). I have one port - mailman - which I have customized a lot and do not really want to upgrade it as it will most likely mean I will have to hack a few files again. What options do I have so that I do not break the setup? I am thinking of: 1/ backing up the hacked files and restoring them later (but I will overwrite the newer files with older ones perhaps breaking something). 2/ making them read only (but the end result will be the same and upgrading as root I will overwrite them anyway). And that would be it. My wisdom ends here. Is there any option to survive the ports upgrade? :) If not, I guess I will just have to hack Mailman files again after the upgrade... -- Zbigniew Szalbot www.slowo.pl www.fairtrade.net.pl
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