Re: upgrading amavisd-new port fails

2006-10-05 Thread Gábor Kövesdán
jan gestre wrote: On 10/4/06, Gábor Kövesdán <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: jan gestre wrote: > hi guys, > > > i tried upgrading the amavisd-new port via portmanager and > portupgrade, both > methods failed, i had a similar problem before but i forgot how did i > fix it > :( is there a problem wit

Re: upgrading amavisd-new port fails

2006-10-04 Thread jan gestre
On 10/4/06, Gábor Kövesdán <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: jan gestre wrote: > hi guys, > > > i tried upgrading the amavisd-new port via portmanager and > portupgrade, both > methods failed, i had a similar problem before but i forgot how did i > fix it > :( is there a problem with the amavisd-new p

Re: upgrading amavisd-new port fails

2006-10-04 Thread Gábor Kövesdán
jan gestre wrote: hi guys, i tried upgrading the amavisd-new port via portmanager and portupgrade, both methods failed, i had a similar problem before but i forgot how did i fix it :( is there a problem with the amavisd-new port? TIA Hi, could you concretize a bit, please? What kind of e

Re: Upgrading our mail server

2006-09-14 Thread Olivier Nicole
> | Our mailhub is actually a HP DL360 with one processor (Xeon 2.8 ghz) > | with 2 Gb RAM and 120 Gb disks, it is 3 years old. > | It runs Postfix + imap + imaps + pop3 + pop3s + squirrelmail + vexira > | antivirus + postgrey > | and some small auxiliary services. > Your server is good enough to

Re: SCSI vs. SATA (was Re: Upgrading our mail server)

2006-09-14 Thread Skylar Thompson
Bill Moran wrote: > > Has anyone every verified whether or not SATA has the problems that plagued > ATA? Such as crappy quality and lying caches? > > Personally, I still demand SCSI on production servers because it still > seems as if: > a) The performance is still better > b) The reliability is s

Re: Upgrading our mail server

2006-09-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:56:24AM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:45:49 -0500 Greg Groth > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Are any of the major server brands more FreeBSD friendly than others? I'm > >looking to purchase a server for some web apps. Our current

Re: Upgrading our mail server

2006-09-14 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:45:49 -0500 Greg Groth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are any of the major server brands more FreeBSD friendly than others? I'm looking to purchase a server for some web apps. Our current config is running on a 6 year old Dell PowerEdge machine with SCSI RAID 5,

Re: Upgrading our mail server

2006-09-14 Thread Greg Groth
On 9/14/2006 10:32 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: * On 14/09/06 16:51 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote: | Hello | | Our mailhub is actually a HP DL360 with one processor (Xeon 2.8 ghz) | with 2 Gb RAM and 120 Gb disks, it is 3 years old. | | It runs Postfix + imap + imaps + pop3 + pop3s + squirrelmai

Re: SCSI vs. SATA (was Re: Upgrading our mail server)

2006-09-14 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:28 AM, Derek Ragona wrote: SATA is still quite limited. To go beyond those limits use SAS, but SAS costs even more than SCSI and is brand new technology. Get a 12 or 16 or 24 port Areca card and have a few hot spares and you will see SATA fly for less money than SC

Re: SCSI vs. SATA (was Re: Upgrading our mail server)

2006-09-14 Thread Derek Ragona
SATA is still quite limited. To go beyond those limits use SAS, but SAS costs even more than SCSI and is brand new technology. -Derek At 10:46 AM 9/14/2006, Bill Moran wrote: In response to Frank Bonnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Gerard Seibert wrote: > > Frank Bonnet wrote: > > > > [..

Re: Upgrading our mail server

2006-09-14 Thread DAve
Frank Bonnet wrote: Gerard Seibert wrote: Frank Bonnet wrote: [...] I need SCSI Disks of course , budget is around 10K$ Why the insistence on SCSI? Is there any reason that SATA or RAID with SATA is not acceptable? Just curious. Because I want it I have yet to have a SATA drive last

Re: SCSI vs. SATA (was Re: Upgrading our mail server)

2006-09-14 Thread White Hat
--- Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In response to Frank Bonnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Gerard Seibert wrote: > > > Frank Bonnet wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > >> I need SCSI Disks of course , budget is around > 10K$ > > > > > > Why the insistence on SCSI? Is there any reason > that SA

SCSI vs. SATA (was Re: Upgrading our mail server)

2006-09-14 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Frank Bonnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Gerard Seibert wrote: > > Frank Bonnet wrote: > > > > [...] > >> I need SCSI Disks of course , budget is around 10K$ > > > > Why the insistence on SCSI? Is there any reason that SATA or RAID with > > SATA is not acceptable? Just curious. > >

Re: Upgrading our mail server

2006-09-14 Thread Frank Bonnet
Gerard Seibert wrote: Frank Bonnet wrote: [...] I need SCSI Disks of course , budget is around 10K$ Why the insistence on SCSI? Is there any reason that SATA or RAID with SATA is not acceptable? Just curious. Because I want it -- Cordialement Frank Bonnet ___

Re: Upgrading our mail server

2006-09-14 Thread Odhiambo Washington
* On 14/09/06 16:51 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote: | Hello | | Our mailhub is actually a HP DL360 with one processor (Xeon 2.8 ghz) | with 2 Gb RAM and 120 Gb disks, it is 3 years old. | | It runs Postfix + imap + imaps + pop3 + pop3s + squirrelmail + vexira | antivirus + postgrey | and some small a

Re: Upgrading our mail server

2006-09-14 Thread Gerard Seibert
Frank Bonnet wrote: [...] > > I need SCSI Disks of course , budget is around 10K$ Why the insistence on SCSI? Is there any reason that SATA or RAID with SATA is not acceptable? Just curious. -- Gerard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list h

Re: UPGRADING PACKAGES

2006-09-04 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 9/4/06, Phares Kariuki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello I installed Samba 2 on a FreeBSD box running 5.4 Stable... now the problem is this... I urgently need to upgrade this package but cannot seem to find a way to do so... I didnt install it off the port... In istalled it using pkg_add... i

Re: upgrading mysql client and server

2006-09-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
Dave wrote: >I've got mysql server and client v4.1 running on a FreeBSD6.x box. > They were installed via ports not packages using custom make options > which i have in portupgrade's pkgtools.conf file. I now would like to > upgrade both of them to v5, without causing dependency issues with >

Re: Upgrading BSD

2006-08-30 Thread Robert Huff
Ralph Ellis writes: > Usually you have to upgrade from major release to major release > i.e. 4.8 to 5.5, 5.5 to 6.1 etc. However, if you are only > protecting data files then copy them to a cd, dvd or separate > disk drive and do a clean install of 6.1. If you want to protect > configuration

Re: Upgrading BSD

2006-08-30 Thread Ralph Ellis
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 1:02 pm, Amita Bargal (ambargal) wrote: > Hi, > > I have a machine which has BSD 4.8 on it. Is it possible to upgrade to > version 6.0 without affecting/deleting/losing any files currently > present on the machine. > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD tcp-01-pc7 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD

re: Upgrading a system to amd64

2006-08-16 Thread Vizion
On Tuesday 15 August 2006 14:29, David Southwell wrote: >> Hi >> >> I have a freebsd Generic System 6.0-RELEASE #0 compiled Thursday Nov 3 2005 >> originally on an Abit VA-20 motherboard equipped with an AMD sempron cpu in >> its 462 socket. >> >>The Abit motherboard died due to a chip failure and

Re: Upgrading a system to amd64

2006-08-15 Thread RW
On Tuesday 15 August 2006 14:29, David Southwell wrote: > Hi > > I have a freebsd Generic System 6.0-RELEASE #0 compiled Thursday Nov 3 2005 > originally on an Abit VA-20 motherboard equipped with an AMD sempron cpu in > its 462 socket. > > The Abit motherboard died due to a chip failure and I did

re: Upgrading a system to amd64

2006-08-15 Thread Vizion
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David Southwell > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:29 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Upgrading a system to amd64 > > > Hi > > I have a freebsd Generic System 6.0-RELEASE #0 comp

RE: Upgrading Included GCC

2006-07-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
> > I've already installed it, I should have mentioned > that--sorry. What I mean is > there a way to where when I type 'gcc' or 'g++' it uses gcc41 > or g++41? I > know I could use symlinks but that would entail removing the > gcc 3.4.2 > binaries which I'm afraid might be insecure. i don

Re: Upgrading Included GCC

2006-07-10 Thread Jacob Jennings
I've already installed it, I should have mentioned that--sorry. What I mean is there a way to where when I type 'gcc' or 'g++' it uses gcc41 or g++41? I know I could use symlinks but that would entail removing the gcc 3.4.2 binaries which I'm afraid might be insecure. ___

Re: Upgrading Included GCC

2006-07-10 Thread backyard1454-bsd
--- Jim Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/10/06, Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > In the last episode (Jul 10), Jacob Jennings said: > > > Hello, I am on FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE and was > wondering if there is a way > > > to replace the system's GCC, shipped with 5.5, > (GCC 3.4.2)

Re: Upgrading Included GCC

2006-07-10 Thread Jim Stapleton
On 7/10/06, Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In the last episode (Jul 10), Jacob Jennings said: > Hello, I am on FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE and was wondering if there is a way > to replace the system's GCC, shipped with 5.5, (GCC 3.4.2) to GCC 4.1 > without upgrading the whole source tree to another

Re: Upgrading Included GCC

2006-07-10 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jul 10), Jacob Jennings said: > Hello, I am on FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE and was wondering if there is a way > to replace the system's GCC, shipped with 5.5, (GCC 3.4.2) to GCC 4.1 > without upgrading the whole source tree to another release? Is there > a way to do this that will not

Re: Upgrading Ports on 5.3

2006-06-16 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Chris Hill wrote: On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Ron wrote: Is there a way to use the current ports system if I am still running 5.3? That's the only way. I really need to update subversion, mysql, plus make sure I'm running the latest versions of other software, but since 5.4 came out (and now 5.5

Re: Upgrading Ports on 5.3

2006-06-15 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
RW wrote: On Wednesday 14 June 2006 11:12, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: [portversion -L =] would be quicker. Any > needs upgrading. Any < would mean you somehow had an installed version newer that the port version! Presumably that could happen if the port were reverted. For completeness,

Re: Upgrading Ports on 5.3

2006-06-14 Thread RW
On Wednesday 14 June 2006 11:12, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > would be quicker. Any > needs upgrading. Any < would mean you somehow > had an installed version newer that the port version! Presumably that could happen if the port were reverted. ___ freebsd-q

Re: Upgrading Ports on 5.3

2006-06-14 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Chris Hill wrote: What I usually do is # cvsup -g /etc/cvsupfile.ports <- my ports supfile with "tag=." # pkgdb -aF <- may throw a lot of errors, esp. <- if you have an old ports tree. <- Fix manually if

Re: Upgrading Ports on 5.3

2006-06-13 Thread Chris Hill
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Ron wrote: Is there a way to use the current ports system if I am still running 5.3? That's the only way. I really need to update subversion, mysql, plus make sure I'm running the latest versions of other software, but since 5.4 came out (and now 5.5 and 6.0), I am no l

Re: Upgrading Ports on 5.3

2006-06-11 Thread Bill Moran
Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to use the current ports system if I am still running 5.3? > > I really need to update subversion, mysql, plus make sure I'm running the > latest versions of other software, but since 5.4 came out (and now 5.5 and > 6.0), I am no longer been able

Re: upgrading mysql-server

2006-06-11 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 10/06/06 Gerard Seibert said: > > I'm not aware of any port doing this. If you use portupgrade, use the > > AFTERINSTALL configuration options to call the rc.d scripts and restart. > > You can configure 'portmanager' to stop and restart a program also. I > was having the same problem with MySQ

Re: upgrading mysql-server

2006-06-10 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 6/8/06, Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, my nightly security report says that I should upgrade mysql-server. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# pkg_info | grep mysql-server mysql-server-4.1.15 Multithreaded SQL database (server) But, what port does this correspond to? Simply cd into /

Re: upgrading mysql-server

2006-06-10 Thread Gerard Seibert
Riemer Palstra wrote: > On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:08:03PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > And it shuts down my mysql server, but does not start it again. That's > > not very nice. Should the upgrade not handle this? > > I'm not aware of any port doing this. If you use portupgrade, use the >

Re: upgrading mysql-server

2006-06-10 Thread Riemer Palstra
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:08:03PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > And it shuts down my mysql server, but does not start it again. That's > not very nice. Should the upgrade not handle this? I'm not aware of any port doing this. If you use portupgrade, use the AFTERINSTALL configuration options

Re: upgrading mysql-server

2006-06-10 Thread Riemer Palstra
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:01:00PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > If the port is mysql41-server, maybe the package name should be similar? Ah, because the package is named mysql-server-4.1.20.tbz you mean? Hm, for people using packages, this would maybe make life easier, but to be honest, I do

Re: upgrading mysql-server

2006-06-09 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 09/06/06 Michael P. Soulier said: > Ok. Upgrading now. And it shuts down my mysql server, but does not start it again. That's not very nice. Should the upgrade not handle this? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... I

Re: upgrading mysql-server

2006-06-09 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 09/06/06 Riemer Palstra said: > > I'm assuming mysql41-server, since it's version 4.1.15. > > Your assumption is right. Ok. Upgrading now. If the port is mysql41-server, maybe the package name should be similar? Thanks, Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Any intelligent foo

Re: upgrading mysql-server

2006-06-09 Thread Riemer Palstra
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 06:40:01PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -d /usr/ports/databases/mysql*server > /usr/ports/databases/mysql323-server/ /usr/ports/databases/mysql50-server/ > /usr/ports/databases/mysql40-server//usr/ports/databases/mysql51-server/ > /usr/po

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 from 5.4

2006-05-21 Thread Odhiambo Washington
* On 21/05/06 20:23 +0800, Jiongyi Jiang (citiz) wrote: | Dear all, | | I got 5.4 installed before and now wants to have 6.1. | Is there any way to upgrade from 6.1 to 5.4 rather than install a | fresh version of 6.1? Thanks in advance. hi Jiang, I am FreeBSD "damu" (by blood), and so I'll te

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 from 5.4

2006-05-21 Thread Eric
Jiongyi Jiang (citiz) wrote: > Dear all, > > I got 5.4 installed before and now wants to have 6.1. Is there any way > to upgrade from 6.1 to 5.4 rather than install a fresh version of 6.1? > Thanks in advance. > > The handbook covers how to update your system. The link below outlines on

Re: Upgrading and Disk Space.

2006-05-20 Thread James Long
> Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 08:34:18 -0400 > From: "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Upgrading and Disk Space. > To: > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi all, > > I am about to upgrade a 6.0 m

Re: Upgrading and Disk Space.

2006-05-20 Thread Grant Peel
I have a /usr/src/sys/compile dirs that has 400 meg in it. ( a kernel config dir) can I delete it? -Grant - Original Message - From: "Laurence Sanford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:58 AM

Re: Upgrading and Disk Space.

2006-05-20 Thread Laurence Sanford
Grant Peel wrote: The idea is to try NOT to fill up the filesystem and crap out duing the upgrade. 664M./src 303M./ports Remove those two if you're doing an upgrade using the discs. If you're building the upgrade from source, you obviously can't do that. If adding a drive is an o

Re: upgrading from 6.0release to 6.1release

2006-05-20 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jonathan Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > quick question, is the appropriate method of upgrading as follows: > > - make 3 floppies (boot, kern1, kern2) from the "new" version's tree > - reboot from the floppies > - follow the sysinstall's upgrade path? I usually do source upgrades, but that s

Re: Upgrading and Disk Space.

2006-05-20 Thread Derek Ragona
The most obvious thing is to remove the ports, then add them later after the upgrade. -Derek At 07:34 AM 5/20/2006, Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, I am about to upgrade a 6.0 machine to 6.1R. I am running a little tight on space on the3 /usr part. I was wondering what can be safely remo

Re: Upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1

2006-05-12 Thread Kevin Kinsey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the input, Eric and Kevin! I guess I'll start the process this evening and maybe everything will be through compiling by Monday in time for work! :) Thanks again! I've got the process in 2 scripts, and a brief evening is generally all that's required f

Re: Upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1

2006-05-12 Thread Derek Ragona
I have done both the binary upgrade and cvsup'd many times. Which is better depends on your time and what version you are moving from and to. If you do a binary upgrade, you will only be at the release of the version, say 6.1, but with any current security releases. I typically upgrade a sy

Re: Upgrading 6.0 to 6.1 with etcmerge

2006-05-12 Thread Derek Ragona
Add the audit group to /etc/group if you have not. you would add: audit:*:77: As for /etc/master.passwd, you can usually ignore this. The mergemaster shows the differences which will be the CVS id in the first line, and any differences from adding or removing users. -Derek At 11:3

RE: Upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1

2006-05-12 Thread jeff . cross
2006 2:10 PM To: Zimmerman, Eric Subject: RE: Upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1 Quoting "Zimmerman, Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Try this > > https://mikestammer.com/doku.php?id=updateos > > its what I wrote up for myself when I update > > worked for me from 6 to 6.1 an

Re: Upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1

2006-05-12 Thread Kevin Kinsey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has possibly been discussed a number of times, and if it has, I apologize. Here is my situation: Apology accepted ;-) :-D I would like to upgrade my existing 6.0-SECURITY system to 6.1-RELEASE and continue using freebsd-update to keep my system on the up an

Re: Upgrading

2006-05-12 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, I have had complete success with upgrading 6.0 to 6.1rc1 and finally, 6.1 RELEASE. Sorry about asking a question that I am sure has been asked once befor Can I upgrade a 4.4, 4.7, 4.10, 5.2.1 boxes the same way using CVSup i.e directly from one of those to 6.1

RE: Upgrading

2006-05-12 Thread Zimmerman, Eric
> Can I upgrade a 4.4, 4.7, 4.10, 5.2.1 boxes the same way using CVSup i.e > directly from one of those to 6.1R? > > TIA, > > -Grant > > P.S. I keep complete backups ... > Pretty sure you need to get to at least 5.3 before jumping to 6.x ___ freebs

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Miguel
John Nielsen wrote: On Tuesday 09 May 2006 15:48, Miguel wrote: Nikolas Britton wrote: On 5/9/06, John Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2) Create a supfile appropriate for your situation (and location). Here is mine: *default host=cvsup12.freebsd.org *default base=/var/db *d

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Robert Huff
John Cruz writes: > >What particularly of cvsup do you find confusing? > > Specifically it would be the supfile stuff, everything I've been > reading says "if you put in the wrong thing here, you can screw > the whole system up", A bad supfile will mess up _the source tree_; o

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread John Nielsen
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 15:48, Miguel wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > > On 5/9/06, John Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 2) Create a supfile appropriate for your situation (and location). > >> Here is > >> mine: > >> > >> *default host=cvsup12.freebsd.org > >> *default base=/var/db > >> *de

RE: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Zimmerman, Eric
> is that info (tags meaning) available somewhere in the handbook?, im > running 6.1-RC1 and want to upgrade to 6.1-RELEASE, or better to > 6.1-STABLE, what tag should i use? > RELENG??? > --- RELENG_6_1 I believe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailin

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Miguel
Nikolas Britton wrote: On 5/9/06, John Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snipped] 2) Create a supfile appropriate for your situation (and location). Here is mine: *default host=cvsup12.freebsd.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6 *default del

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 5/9/06, John Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snipped] 2) Create a supfile appropriate for your situation (and location). Here is mine: *default host=cvsup12.freebsd.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 5/9/06, John Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all the documentation is confusing as can be. Would it be easier to download the install mediums and do an upgrade install or is cvsup the better way? if so how do I go about it? the

RE: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Zimmerman, Eric
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Cruz > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:06 PM > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup) > > So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread John Cruz
John Nielsen wrote: cvsup is definitely the preferred way to upgrade, and is very easy to use, especially once you get it set up the first time. You need to: 1) Make sure you have cvsup installed pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui OR cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui && make instal

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread John Nielsen
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 13:06, John Cruz wrote: > So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all > the documentation is confusing as can be. Would it be easier to download > the install mediums and do an upgrade install or is cvsup the better > way? if so how do I go about it?

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread John Cruz
Robert Huff wrote: John Cruz writes: So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all the documentation is confusing as can be. What particularly of cvsup do you find confusing? On the larger question: it /may/ be easier to do a binary upgrade.

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel A.
Which one of the handbook pages are you looking at? Well, anyway. This is what I did (Mind you, my way might have been the wrong way. This is my first time upgrading a FreeBSD installation, too). # cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile /root/ - Edit the /root/stable-supfile file to use a mi

Re: Upgrading Subversion to 1.3.0 problem

2006-04-14 Thread David Pratt
Figured this one out. For benefit of others I did the following: pkg_delete on autoconf259, then deinstall and reinstall on it and then tried subversion build again and it went fine. David Pratt wrote: Hi. I am attempting to bring my version of subversion up to date to 1.3.0 on ports. It fails

Re: upgrading from 5-Stable to 6-Stable via source

2006-04-12 Thread Igor Robul
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 11:20:43AM +0800, FreeBSD MailingLists wrote: > I have a bunch of production servers running 5-Stable branch and I was > considering upgrading to 6-Stable. > I have never upgraded across major version changes via source. > Is this a bad idea? > what pitfalls should i be awar

RE: Upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0

2006-03-31 Thread Wil Hatfield
You're right my bad. I forgot to run make buildworld first. This chit has me pretty frustrated. Thanks, Wil Hatfield -Original Message- From: Anish Mistry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 5:53 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Wil Hatfield Subjec

Re: Upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0

2006-03-31 Thread Anish Mistry
On Friday 31 March 2006 20:41, Wil Hatfield wrote: > Is there a process for upgrading from 5.4 to 6.0 via CVS? Or do I > need to do this upgrade from CD? Never received this error before. > > > -- > > >>> stage 1: configuring the kernel >

Re: Upgrading to n-STABLE or RELENG_x

2006-03-23 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 12:16:23PM +0100, Andreas Davour wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 11:37:54PM +0100, Andreas Davour wrote: > >>On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> > >>>On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:34:14PM -0500, daniel wrote: > Fre

Re: Upgrading to n-STABLE or RELENG_x

2006-03-23 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 12:16:23PM +0100, Andreas Davour wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 11:37:54PM +0100, Andreas Davour wrote: > >>On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> > >>>On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:34:14PM -0500, daniel wrote: > Fre

Re: Upgrading to n-STABLE or RELENG_x

2006-03-22 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 11:37:54PM +0100, Andreas Davour wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:34:14PM -0500, daniel wrote: > >>FreeBSD will occasionally release security advisories detailing the > >>badness > >>surrounding a single package and will of

Re: Upgrading to n-STABLE or RELENG_x

2006-03-22 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:34:14PM -0500, daniel wrote: > FreeBSD will occasionally release security advisories detailing the badness > surrounding a single package and will often include the following as the > solution: > > 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4-STABLE, 5-STABLE, or 6-STABLE,

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 2/23/06, Jayesh Jayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was valuable in deed > > The 12 server are all identical but the problem is that the test machine > which we will be using is not of the same class as that of the server. > > Then all the server run a custom built kernel and not the ge

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 2/23/06, Jayesh Jayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All are Dell Poweredge servers with identical specification. > > I did check the message logs an couldn't find any problem > > What are the other aspects which I need to check so as to find a solution. > I've had FreeBSD 5.4 randomly reboot on

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jayesh Jayan
All are Dell Poweredge servers with identical specification. I did check the message logs an couldn't find any problem What are the other aspects which I need to check so as to find a solution. On 2/23/06, Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > That was valuable in deed > >

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > That was valuable in deed > > The 12 server are all identical but the problem is that the test machine > which we will be using is not of the same class as that of the server. > > Then all the server run a custom built kernel and not the generic one. > > By "mode" I meant how to go abo

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > By mode I meant -- > binary upgrade or cvs mode If you go to V-6.xxx as suggested, then do a fresh install, that includes wiping the disk and freshly building the slices and partitions/file systems. Of course, do the appropriate backups first and verify them at least a little. If you are j

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jayesh Jayan
By mode I meant -- > binary upgrade or cvs mode On 2/23/06, Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > We have 12 servers running freebsd. They are basically web servers > having > > cpanel control panel. > > > > All these server are running FreeBSD 5.4 Release as of now. N

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Hi, > > We have 12 servers running freebsd. They are basically web servers having > cpanel control panel. > > All these server are running FreeBSD 5.4 Release as of now. Now are thinking > of upgrading it to 5.4 Stable > Hmmm. I wouldn't call that an upgrade really. Except for a few poss

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jayesh Jayan
That was valuable in deed The 12 server are all identical but the problem is that the test machine which we will be using is not of the same class as that of the server. Then all the server run a custom built kernel and not the generic one. By "mode" I meant how to go about doing this proce

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Jayesh Jayan wrote: Hi, We have 12 servers running freebsd. They are basically web servers having cpanel control panel. All these server are running FreeBSD 5.4 Release as of now. Now are thinking of upgrading it to 5.4 Stable Please let me know the merits and demerits of the same. Do you fe

Re: Upgrading Apache

2006-02-23 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 2/22/06, andreis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > Could you please help us to find out if it is possible to upgrade 10.3.29 > Apache to the latest 10.3.x version through FreeBSD RELENG_5_4 ports? If so, > any hints as to how to find the right ports would be greatly appreciated. > Apache ver

Re: Upgrading 4.8 -> 6.0

2006-02-13 Thread Alec Berryman
gandalf on 2006-02-13 10:11:12 +0100: > 2. The server is using a special .so file that was compiled for > 4.8. We do not have the sources. Will this shared lib work with 6.0? Probably with the compat4x port, but you'll want to test it out. > 3. Should I upgrade to 5.4 first, or can I upgrade dir

Re: Upgrading apache form 2.0.x to 2.2.x

2006-02-01 Thread Kövesdán Gábor
Kövesdán Gábor wrote: Charles Swiger wrote: On Jan 31, 2006, at 10:06 AM, Kövesdán Gábor wrote: I've upgradde today, but SSL doesn't work with the old settings. I suspect something's wrong with my self-signed certificates. If I set SSLEngine On globally, I get this: [Tue Jan 31 14:11:09

Re: Upgrading 5.3 to 6.0 question

2006-01-31 Thread Michael S
Thanks a lot. On 1/31/06, Charles Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 31, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Michael S wrote: > > I have a question related to upgrading my machine from 5.3 to 6.0. > > I am convinced I need to upgrade it, and the base system upgrade > > procedure is pretty much clear to me.

Re: Upgrading 5.3 to 6.0 question

2006-01-31 Thread Charles Swiger
On Jan 31, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Michael S wrote: I have a question related to upgrading my machine from 5.3 to 6.0. I am convinced I need to upgrade it, and the base system upgrade procedure is pretty much clear to me. However I am somewhat not clear about 3rd party software. Since all the programs

Re: Upgrading apache form 2.0.x to 2.2.x

2006-01-31 Thread Kövesdán Gábor
Charles Swiger wrote: On Jan 31, 2006, at 10:06 AM, Kövesdán Gábor wrote: I've upgradde today, but SSL doesn't work with the old settings. I suspect something's wrong with my self-signed certificates. If I set SSLEngine On globally, I get this: [Tue Jan 31 14:11:09 2006] [warn] RSA server

Re: Upgrading apache form 2.0.x to 2.2.x

2006-01-31 Thread Charles Swiger
On Jan 31, 2006, at 10:06 AM, Kövesdán Gábor wrote: I've upgradde today, but SSL doesn't work with the old settings. I suspect something's wrong with my self-signed certificates. If I set SSLEngine On globally, I get this: [Tue Jan 31 14:11:09 2006] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA ce

Re: Upgrading sources

2006-01-17 Thread chris
Can always use cvs ? > I have a machine running FreeBSD i386 6.0 Release and I'd like to know > how to update my sources to 6-stable. I know I should run cvsup but > port 5999 tcp is being filtered and there is no socks proxy around. We > also have CTM, but i think it is not for me... > Can i get

Re: Upgrading a remote box from 5.3 to 6-stable....

2006-01-12 Thread Dan O'Connor
I recently got a leased server that's running 5.3. It's in Texas. I'm in Washington. I want to upgrade it to 6-STABLE. In the update docs it says that "when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that you boot into single user mode to do the installworld." Which obviously is a proble

Re: Upgrading xorg-server

2005-12-06 Thread Dejan Lesjak
On Monday 05 of December 2005 04:34, Anthony M. Agelastos wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Today, I tried updating xorg-server and it failed. Here is the > primary error message: > > make: don't know how to make /diskad3/portsBuild/Usr/ports/x11- > servers/xorg-server/work/xc/extras/Mesa/src/mesa/glapi

Re: Upgrading xorg-server

2005-12-04 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Sunday 04 December 2005 19:34, Anthony M. Agelastos wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Today, I tried updating xorg-server and it failed. Here is the > primary error message: > > make: don't know how to make /diskad3/portsBuild/Usr/ports/x11- > servers/xorg-server/work/xc/extras/Mesa/src/mesa/glapi/gl

Re: upgrading all installed packages problem.

2005-12-02 Thread Kent Stewart
On Friday 02 December 2005 03:51 am, Mehmet Fatih AKBULUT wrote: > hi all. > i tried to run #portupgrade -arR but got the error below: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] portupgrade -arR > [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 328 > packages found (-7 +128) > (...)/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.r

Re: Upgrading to 6.0 Nvidia question

2005-12-01 Thread dick hoogendijk
On 30 Nov Vizion wrote: > On Wednesday 30 November 2005 18:19, the author Diavolo contributed to the > dialogue on- > Re: Upgrading to 6.0 Nvidia question: > >you can use the "kldstat" command to see whether "nvidia.ko" was loaded. > >if not,a

Re: Upgrading to 60 question.

2005-12-01 Thread RW
On Tuesday 29 November 2005 20:52, Vizion wrote: > On Tuesday 29 November 2005 12:02, the author RW contributed to the > dialogue on- > > Re: Upgrading to 60 question.: > >On Tuesday 29 November 2005 18:53, Vizion wrote: > >> On Tuesday 29 November 2005 07:16, the a

Re: Upgrading to 60 question.

2005-11-29 Thread Vizion
On Tuesday 29 November 2005 12:02, the author RW contributed to the dialogue on- Re: Upgrading to 60 question.: >On Tuesday 29 November 2005 18:53, Vizion wrote: >> On Tuesday 29 November 2005 07:16, the author RW contributed to the >> dialogue on- >> >> R

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