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