On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 04:37:43PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I upgraded a server from php4 to php5. > > First I uninstalled php4. Then I uninstalled php4-extensions. Then I > installed php5. Then I installed php5-extensions. > > Now, when I run portupgrade, I get a ton of complaints about php4 > extensions that can't be updated.
[snip] > So, I started uninstalling those ports, but I discovered that the > uninstall was removing files installed by the php5-extensions install. > So, I had to uninstall each php4 extension, then uninstall each of the > corresponding php5 extensions and then reinstall them in order to get the > ports db straightened out and have the correct files on disk. > > Surely there's an easier way to do this? What did I miss? And why > doesn't the php4-extensions port uninstall each of the ports installed? When I did this, I uninstalled the php4-extensions port, then all the actual php4-extensions. I then uninstalled php4. I had to "force" remove the old ports since stuff still depends on the ports. I made sure to get the pecl port that I can't remember the name of now. Then, I installed php5 and the php5-extensions port. Afterwards, I did a pkgdb -F to fix all of the deps on old php4 ports that may be left over. Finally, I tested everything that used php on my machine. I think I reinstalled some of the ports that depended on php, but since this all happened about a month ago I don't remember what I needed to reinstall. It really is pretty straightforward. You have to get rid of _all_ of php4 before you install php5, then make sure the portsdb is straightened out. I'm not sure why folks are having so much trouble with this... Thanks, Josh -- Josh Tolbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
