From: "Bo Ørsted Andresen" <bo.andresen@zlin.dk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage and rsync vs svn
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:52:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200606192352.10179.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9b1675090606191315j2606ffebm95c23ff1b423cf5f@mail.gmail.com>
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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.
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Bo Andresen
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-19 21:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-19 7:58 [gentoo-user] portage and rsync vs svn Trenton Adams
2006-06-19 8:50 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-06-19 8:58 ` Trenton Adams
2006-06-19 10:13 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-06-19 20:15 ` Trenton Adams
2006-06-19 21:52 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen [this message]
2006-06-19 21:59 ` Teresa and Dale
2006-06-20 5:26 ` Trenton Adams
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