Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 09:28:33 +0000 From: James Green <james@stealthnet.co.uk> To: Khairil Yusof <kaeru@pd.jaring.my> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrading mysql-server Message-ID: <3DFEEE41.2090604@stealthnet.co.uk> References: <3DFDD928.1060901@stealthnet.co.uk> <1040047923.478.10.camel@daemon.home.net>
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Khairil Yusof wrote: >On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 21:46, James Green wrote: > > >>How does one portupgrade mysql-server without having to dump it's >>databases first? If you're running a busy server with hundreds of megs >>of databases I'm sure the admin wouldn't want to dump, uninstall, >>install newest, then restore the databases, particularly if like me he's >>merely putting a security fixed release in. >> >> > >portupgrade -m '-DSKIP_INSTALL_DB' mysql-server > >You might not need to reinstall the server, but it's strongly advised >you dump it first anyway in case something goes wrong. ;) > > Thanks for the advice, our upgrade went smoothly using this instructions. James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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