Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:27:05 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) To: roam@ringlet.net Cc: d@delphij.net, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: non-destructive ports/packages update Message-ID: <5174e649.2K4NXwwuB%2BAkDdXo%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20130421113808.GA5485@straylight.m.ringlet.net> References: <517236fe.7AoqFIleDJvljza6%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <51723A51.20401@delphij.net> <51733ad5.jgrImeJZdbQoq4dt%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20130421113808.GA5485@straylight.m.ringlet.net>
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Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> wrote: > Some ports might store "run state" in /var/db/<portname> or a similarly > named directory. The thing is, the decision whether to save this and > restore it or to keep it across runs actually depends on the port: for > database management systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc, you'll > probably want to keep the databases even if the ports themselves are > reinstalled, rolled back, restored, whatever. For some other systems, > you might want to remove the "current state" information of the version > that you are about to replace. Good catch. No DBMS on this system, so no problem there, but there are two non-empty X11-related directories under /var/db: dbus and fontconfig. (The machine does have some X client apps, but not the X server.)
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