On Monday 19 June 2006 22:15, Trenton Adams wrote: > For example, with openldap, you're supposed to slapcat before > upgrading, and slapadd after upgrading, or you could have database > problems. I did not know this. So when I went from 2.2-2.3, I had > problems. But, I didn't have time to get it working, as I needed it > up and running NOW. So, I reverted to the old package by masking the > new one, and then went to find out why it occurred after the fact. > This is one simple example of potential problems. But something on a > wider scale could occur.
Did you have a look at FEATURES=buildpkg? Look at man 5 make.conf. While it takes up a couple of GB it allows you to downgrade to a previously installed version without needing to compile it again. -- Bo Andresen
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