Upgrading FreeBSD

[_ross]

Hi

I am discovering DirectAdmin yet. During install it added some packages via pkg_add -r. After doing portsnap fetch extract and installing portupgrade I see:


ross@da /home/ross pts/1> portversion -vL=
bison-2.4.1,1 < needs updating (port has 2.4.3,1)
exim-4.71-1 ? error - origin not found
freetype2-2.3.9_1 < needs updating (port has 2.4.6)
gd-2.0.35_1,1 < needs updating (port has 2.0.35_7,1)
gettext-0.17_1 < needs updating (port has 0.18.1.1)
jpeg-7 < needs updating (port has 8_3)
libiconv-1.13.1 < needs updating (port has 1.13.1_1)
m4-1.4.13,1 < needs updating (port has 1.4.16,1)
perl-5.8.9_3 < needs updating (port has 5.8.9_5)
pkg-config-0.23_1 < needs updating (port has 0.25_1)
png-1.2.40 < needs updating (port has 1.4.8)
proftpd-1.3.3c ? error - origin not found


So my question is: is it safe to use FreeBSD upgrade commands?

for example, I would do "portupgrade -a", but this will upgrade png and freetype so recompile of the dependencies is needed. If I got it right, I need


cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build clean
./build update
./build php

Right? I am a bit afraid of experimenting as our server is already in production.

[ReN]

your perfectly fine using the portupgrade, keep the /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild folder handy :)

after the upgrade , i'd suggest testing everything in turn eg

http / php / exim etc

some of these may need to be reinstalled , specifically if you upgrade openssl etc etc,

just take it slow the first time and you should have no issues.

[wattie]

Only update those showing "needs updating...". Do not update those which shows "error" - they are handled by DirectAdmin's CustomBuild.