Re: postfix freebsd port with vda patch
Hi Alfonso, please avoid top-postings - thanks. > > You can easyly do it yourself. CVSup your ports collection to get the > > latest postfix port, then run 'make patch' and select the desired > > options (sasl, ...). [...] > Thanks for your advice, it worked without any problems. > > I tested it on a spare FreeBSD server. Now I want to update and patch > postfix on my production server. Is there a way I could do that without > having to shut off my production server for too much time? Depending on whether you have the ports collection on your production server, you can do the following: - build postfix with the vda patch as in the previous mail. - ensure you have sysutils/portupgrade on your system - stop the postfix system - portupgrade --noclean postfix_ - start the postfix mail system The port will take care not to overwrite the modfied configuration files, but could can back them up if you want to be extra safe. The other possibility is to build a package on your spare machine, copy it to your server and use pkg_update(1) for the installation. Disclaimer: I have never done this, I don't now what will happen with your configuration files. Another point is whether you want to update the dependencies of postfix to their latest versions - this might also break something, but if you have done your tests with the desired configuration, and everything worked as exspected, there shouldn't be any problem. You can use 'portupgrade -Rn postfix_<...>' to find out which ports need to be upgraded. Depending on that information you should back up the according data and configuration files. Now you can use 'portupgrade -R -x "postfix_<...>" to update postfix's dependencies (without touching postfix itself). You should be able to do that before stopping the postfix server - but I don't know the exact setup of your mail system, but I hope this mail gave you an idea what to take care of. Regards, Simon signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: postfix freebsd port with vda patch
Thanks for your advice, it worked without any problems. I tested it on a spare FreeBSD server. Now I want to update and patch postfix on my production server. Is there a way I could do that without having to shut off my production server for too much time? Regards, Alfonso - Original Message - From: "Simon Barner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alfonso Romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 7:44 PM Subject: Re: postfix freebsd port with vda patch > Is there a postfix port for freebsd that includes the vda > patch from www.oavnet/vda? You can easyly do it yourself. CVSup your ports collection to get the latest postfix port, then run 'make patch' and select the desired options (sasl, ...). Now download the patch to the ports work directory, gunzip and apply it (patch < patch-file). All you have to do now, is to resume the build (cd ..; make build). Regards, Simon ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: postfix freebsd port with vda patch
> Is there a postfix port for freebsd that includes the vda > patch from www.oavnet/vda? You can easyly do it yourself. CVSup your ports collection to get the latest postfix port, then run 'make patch' and select the desired options (sasl, ...). Now download the patch to the ports work directory, gunzip and apply it (patch < patch-file). All you have to do now, is to resume the build (cd ..; make build). Regards, Simon signature.asc Description: Digital signature
postfix freebsd port with vda patch
Is there a postfix port for freebsd that includes the vda patch from www.oavnet/vda? Thanks in advance Alfonso Romero ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
