-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 6/23/10 20:40 , Terry Barnum wrote: > Is there a best practices way of upgrading ports? As a relatively new > macports user, I've been reluctant to upgrade postfix and dovecot on > my production server for fear of something breaking.
(1) Back up /opt/local/etc, or the critical directories therein (postfix) before upgrading ports. (If you're really paranoid, also the queues under /opt/local/var.) (2) Keep the deactivated old version around (that is, don't use -u). If something goes pear-shaped, you can recover by reactivating the old version and if necessary restoring the backed-up configuration directory. - -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] [email protected] system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] [email protected] electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwjXcMACgkQIn7hlCsL25W4zgCgt4xjuSiX4Yn1oPQ+5MP2JiQu O0kAniA9+jcisL1QThR/G9JoGRUBTbvs =ZWYY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
