Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 23:09:54 +0000 (UTC) From: Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r531983 - head Message-ID: <202004172309.03HN9saT008722@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: mandree Date: Fri Apr 17 23:09:54 2020 New Revision: 531983 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/531983 Log: UPDATING: caution users to backup templates/ before update when updating mail/mailman from 2.1.29* or older. MFH: 2020Q2 (only documentation update after r531981/MFH 531727) Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Fri Apr 17 23:04:54 2020 (r531982) +++ head/UPDATING Fri Apr 17 23:09:54 2020 (r531983) @@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20200418: + AFFECTS: users of mail/mailman + AUTHOR: mandree@FreeBSD.org + + Mailman versions on FreeBSD before (exclusively) 2.1.30 have not marked the + web templates as "sample" files, and would overwrite changes made locally or + through the web interface on updates. + + BEFORE updating mailman from a version such as 2.1.29_* or older, please + backup /usr/local/mailman/templates/ before the upgrade, and after installing + mailman 2.1.30 or a newer 2.1.x, restore from backup, overwriting the + existing newly installed templates/LANG/... files with those from your + backup, and then diff them against the respective *.sample files. The *.txt + and *.html files are yours, and *.sample are the distributed ones. + + Once you have upgraded to 2.1.30, the port or package will take care to only + replace files that were unaltered from the shipped version. + 20200408: AFFECTS: users of security/openssh-portable AUTHOR: bdrewery@FreeBSD.org
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