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.

-- 
Bo Andresen