Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion
Hi Paul, Paul Macdonald wrote: On 07/02/2011 16:44, Mikael Bak wrote: So my question is: How can I make the ports system act as if I had installed Postfix like this?: cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix27 make install clean Is there a way to tell the ports database to follow and older version of Postfix without rebuild the entire port again? I'm pretty sure you can't do this, *unless* there's someone actually tracking a seperate port on that version. ( i didn't check but it doesn't sound like it from your post). To stop ports tree updates from clobbering your v27, you'd need to exclude this from your cvssup or whatever you use to update your tree. portdowngrade will get you back to an arbitrary older version if your tree already has the newer version. I realize I perhaps should have told you how I keep my ports tree up-to-date. I have this in my /etc/crontab # Update Portsnap INDEX 0 3 * * * rootportsnap -I cron update pkg_version -vIl '' This sends me an email if a port has been updated. If I want to upgrade my ports I do: # portsnap fetch update # portmaster -aD portmaster --clean-distfiles-all This is why I *need* to tell my ports database to use/track an earlier version of Postfix (in this case /usr/ports/mail/postfix27). After reading the description of portdowngrade I don't think that's the tool I want. Correct me if I'm wrong. Paul. TIA, Mikael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion
Hi Lowell, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Mikael Bak m...@inbox.lv writes: Hi list, I searched for this in the handbook, but without any hits. Google gave me nada too. I have a machine running FreeBSD 7.3 and Postfix 2.7.2 installed from ports. Unfortunately when I installed Postfix I did this: cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix make install clean Now when Postfix 2.8.0 is released the above path in the ports tree points to a Postfix version I do not yet want to install. I would like to follow Postfix 2.7.x for a while. So my question is: How can I make the ports system act as if I had installed Postfix like this?: cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix27 make install clean Is there a way to tell the ports database to follow and older version of Postfix without rebuild the entire port again? You can edit the package database by hand, but it will probably take a lot less of your time to build the whole port again. [More of the computer's time, but that's generally a much cheaper resource.] Thanks for the info. I was not aware I could just install the same software over the other without first removing it. Shouldn't I do that? I would not want to end up with a broken software or a broken ports database. If I would set my mind on editing the ports database by hand, where should I look for it? TIA, Mikael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion
On 08/02/2011 10:33, Mikael Bak wrote: Hi Paul, Paul Macdonald wrote: On 07/02/2011 16:44, Mikael Bak wrote: So my question is: How can I make the ports system act as if I had installed Postfix like this?: cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix27 make install clean Is there a way to tell the ports database to follow and older version of Postfix without rebuild the entire port again? I'm pretty sure you can't do this, *unless* there's someone actually tracking a seperate port on that version. ( i didn't check but it doesn't sound like it from your post). Aplogies, i'd misread your question, and there is a seperate branch in /usr/ports/mail/postfix27, I'm not sure how you'd fool the ports mgt tools in the way you want, would it not be easier just to deinstall the port and do a make install in postfix27? (others may know a 'better' way) Paul. - Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting - t: 0131 5548070 m: 07534206249 e: p...@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com - IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA - ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion
On Tuesday 08 February 2011, Mikael Bak wrote: I was not aware I could just install the same software over the other without first removing it. Shouldn't I do that? I would not want to end up with a broken software or a broken ports database. If in doubt you could create a backup package first with pkg_create -b pkg-name. That would give you a fair chance of rolling back to the previous version if things went pear-shaped. -- Mike Clarke ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion
Paul Macdonald wrote: On 08/02/2011 10:33, Mikael Bak wrote: Hi Paul, Paul Macdonald wrote: On 07/02/2011 16:44, Mikael Bak wrote: So my question is: How can I make the ports system act as if I had installed Postfix like this?: cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix27 make install clean Is there a way to tell the ports database to follow and older version of Postfix without rebuild the entire port again? I'm pretty sure you can't do this, *unless* there's someone actually tracking a seperate port on that version. ( i didn't check but it doesn't sound like it from your post). Aplogies, i'd misread your question, and there is a seperate branch in /usr/ports/mail/postfix27, I'm not sure how you'd fool the ports mgt tools in the way you want, would it not be easier just to deinstall the port and do a make install in postfix27? (others may know a 'better' way) Hi Paul, Yep, it seem like that's the way to go. I was just absolutely sure that there is some better/faster/easier way than just remove the port and reinstall it. This *should* be a quite common case. It's is not always possible to install the newest versions of a software. Thanks all for the suggestions! Mikael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion
Mikael Bak m...@inbox.lv writes: I was not aware I could just install the same software over the other without first removing it. Shouldn't I do that? I would not want to end up with a broken software or a broken ports database. No, you want to remove the old port before installing the new one. But you can *build* the new port before removing the old one. If I would set my mind on editing the ports database by hand, where should I look for it? /var/db/pkg (but as I said earlier, it's not worthwhile) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Mikael Bak m...@inbox.lv writes: I was not aware I could just install the same software over the other without first removing it. Shouldn't I do that? I would not want to end up with a broken software or a broken ports database. No, you want to remove the old port before installing the new one. But you can *build* the new port before removing the old one. Thanks for the clarification! That will obviously minimize the downtime. Much appreciated! If I would set my mind on editing the ports database by hand, where should I look for it? /var/db/pkg (but as I said earlier, it's not worthwhile) Ok. I will probably remove the port and reinstall it, as suggested by you and by others. Thanks to everyone who answered. Problem solved. Thread closed. Mikael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion
Lowell Gilbert wrote on 08.02.2011 12:59: Mikael Bak m...@inbox.lv writes: I was not aware I could just install the same software over the other without first removing it. Shouldn't I do that? I would not want to end up with a broken software or a broken ports database. No, you want to remove the old port before installing the new one. But you can *build* the new port before removing the old one. The OP should keep an eye on dependencies, though. A good foot-shooter is updating one port, and then, during updating a different port having to install a newer version of a port they both depend on. Which might require a rebuild of the original port, resulting in having, at best, double-downtime of a service. Incidentially, I ran into this just right now, so I felt compelled to state what might seem obious :) [...] MfG CoCo PS: I seem to remember devel/pcre being a good candidate for that with postfix and some other ports. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Follow a port of a specific major verion
Hi list, I searched for this in the handbook, but without any hits. Google gave me nada too. I have a machine running FreeBSD 7.3 and Postfix 2.7.2 installed from ports. Unfortunately when I installed Postfix I did this: cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix make install clean Now when Postfix 2.8.0 is released the above path in the ports tree points to a Postfix version I do not yet want to install. I would like to follow Postfix 2.7.x for a while. So my question is: How can I make the ports system act as if I had installed Postfix like this?: cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix27 make install clean Is there a way to tell the ports database to follow and older version of Postfix without rebuild the entire port again? TIA, Mikael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion
On 07/02/2011 16:44, Mikael Bak wrote: So my question is: How can I make the ports system act as if I had installed Postfix like this?: cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix27 make install clean Is there a way to tell the ports database to follow and older version of Postfix without rebuild the entire port again? I'm pretty sure you can't do this, *unless* there's someone actually tracking a seperate port on that version. ( i didn't check but it doesn't sound like it from your post). To stop ports tree updates from clobbering your v27, you'd need to exclude this from your cvssup or whatever you use to update your tree. portdowngrade will get you back to an arbitrary older version if your tree already has the newer version. Paul. TIA, Mikael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- - Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting - t: 0131 5548070 m: 07534206249 e: p...@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com - IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA - ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion
Mikael Bak m...@inbox.lv writes: Hi list, I searched for this in the handbook, but without any hits. Google gave me nada too. I have a machine running FreeBSD 7.3 and Postfix 2.7.2 installed from ports. Unfortunately when I installed Postfix I did this: cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix make install clean Now when Postfix 2.8.0 is released the above path in the ports tree points to a Postfix version I do not yet want to install. I would like to follow Postfix 2.7.x for a while. So my question is: How can I make the ports system act as if I had installed Postfix like this?: cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix27 make install clean Is there a way to tell the ports database to follow and older version of Postfix without rebuild the entire port again? You can edit the package database by hand, but it will probably take a lot less of your time to build the whole port again. [More of the computer's time, but that's generally a much cheaper resource.] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
