Updating Apache 2.0.55 to 2.2.0

[Michael C. Shultz]

On Monday 05 December 2005 09:21, Matt Sealey wrote:
> I want to move our server to Apache 2.2.0 that was just released and is now
> in the ports tree. I am concerned that
>
> 1) I have to uninstall Apache 2.0.55 to let the new one install properly
> 2) it might not build okay and our webserver will be dead while I fix it
>
> What exactly is the recommended way to move from apache20 to apache22 in
> the ports tree, with minimal fuss or downtime? Could I just install with
> FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=1 and so on, and then remove apache20 from the ports
> database as a hack? Is that safe?

portmanager (sysutils/portmanager) will handle this for you smoothly,

first backup your original apache like this:

cd /usr/ports/packages/All && pkg_create -b apache-2.0.55

make sure you have a apache-2.0.55.tgz afterwards

then run 

portmanager -u -l

portmanager will remove the old apache and install the new one.

If the new version doesn't work for some reason just pkg_delete it and
pkg_addthe one you backed up:

pkg_add /usr/ports/packages/All/apache-2.0.55.tgz

-Mike