Doug Barton wrote:
The generally accepted wisdom (which I am repeating because I agree with
it) is that when updating major versions you should:
1. Carefully back up your configuration files and data
2. Do a clean install of the new version
3. Update configuration files
4. Restore data
5. Re-install your ports.
What I usually do for step 3 is to un-tar the old configuration files in
a new directory and then diff -ur old/etc /etc, and after ports are
installed I diff -ur old/usr/local/etc /usr/local/etc.
For step 5, I have a recommended update procedure in the portmaster man
page. Even if you don't intend to use portmaster to re-install your
ports I recommend installing it and reading that part of the man page
before you do your update to get an idea of what is important for you to
restore.
Doug,
1) I wonder if I could use mergemaster to compare 2 directories and
merge differencies as neccessary. To explain: I have all config files I
touch saved with full path somewhere in /root. And therefore I'd like
mergemaster or some other tool to compare all files in my backup
directory with newly installed (config) files.
2) I have a file with list of ports I usually install and I created
script that try to install them. This is quite useful after `pkg_delete
-a`. Now I can do it with `portupgrade -iN $plist` but I haven't
figured how I can make portmaster to do the same.
Any suggestions please ?
Thank you,
Martin
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