port updates

Kent Stewart kstewart at owt.com
Wed Mar 15 17:46:00 UTC 2006


On Wednesday 15 March 2006 02:34, Markus Mayer wrote:
> Hi all,
> got a question about port updates.
> I run a FreeBSD Box 5.4 release. I use the
> server for webapps with php and mysql enabled,
> also samba an ssh is running. Everything works fine
> and stable.
> Now i update the ports on my machine via CVSup and check the
> installed packages for newer versions.
>
> Now my question:
> Do i run in trouble if i update my installed packages
> like apache, php or mysql ? or does it work without problems.
> Is it necessary to backup my config files and databases ?
> Or what is the best way to get my apps up to date ?
>

I find Apache always tries to install a new ../data, so, I always link 
data to a data on a different disk. Then, I unlink data and
ln -sf /usr3/data data
and I am back in business. You have to stop apache and start apache to 
get the new version running.

Kent

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