Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:33:44 +1200 From: Tom Munro Glass <gentoo@tmgcon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Managing ports on ViaVerio VPS v2 server Message-ID: <200408131033.44464.gentoo@tmgcon.com>
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I have recently migrated from a VPS v1 to VPS v2 server, and with it comes the advantage of being able to install software from ports. One of the first things I installed was portupgrade, thinking I would be able to manage future installations and upgrades in the normal way. The problem is that some software, in particular Apache and Perl, is preinstalled and possibly tweaked for the Virtual Private Server environment. So when I try and run portupgrade I get loads of "stale dependency" messages. For example, I installed SpamAssassin 2.63 some time ago, and I have tried using portupgrade to upgrade to 2.64, but it won't work. My questions are: 1) how should I manage ports in this environment? 2) should I use cpan instead of portinstall/portupgrade to manage perl modules? Regards, Tom Munro Glass
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