Re: [gentoo-user] portage and rsync vs svn

["Trenton Adams" <trenton.d.adams@gmail.com>]

Yeah, that's what I used to revert to the old openldap.  Perhaps that
is enough.  Hmmm.

On 6/19/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen <bo.andresen@zlin.dk> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>

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