Port upgrade problem

Petre Bandac petre at kgb.ro
Mon Jul 26 00:49:56 UTC 2010


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Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> "Petre Bandac" <petre at kgb.ro> writes:
> 
>> While upgrading port, I have the following problems:
>> - some cfg files are overwritten (authdaemon's authmysqlrc)
> 
> I can't figure out what port that comes from, so I can't help.

courier-authlib-mysql-0.63.0_1 - the file is
/usr/local/etc/authlib/authmysqlrc

>> - some make install options are not kept (maildrop - not compiled against mysql and courier imap - fam is compiled, even though initially was ruled out)
> 
> Those aren't set up as OPTIONS, so they won't get stored in
> /var/db/ports.  
> 
>> The upgrade sequence is:
>>
>> # portsnap fetch update
>> # portmanager -u
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> See "alternative configuration" in the portmanager manual.

I guess that is what I need, thank you

however, I don't remember to have had this problem until now (i.e.
options not being kept @ update); or they had the same behavior ?

thank you for your time,

petre

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Petre Bandac

Network Scientist

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petre at kgb.ro
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