From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 18:03:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22F191065767 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:03:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zszalbot@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB348FC16 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:03:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zszalbot@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so272374ywe.13 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:03:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=dIOQVnzfUe4epf150cotLSS1n/p+1GEep484wLspLCw=; b=VKXARcl0gJ3HrG4wxkBs7FWG+Vt8IpxJzIpXGebKf7MLjvjNRSPBZiUu4ndIhBJHnC 6/TK0zdT2paOwJfGwm0kS7mUBhVHwSxnhq5qhHy0LKFIOugXtwy/vp05T6/MhtX3kH/V dc/3DePLGxUAvSrpZAfYBy9IlCUxr+y4jX8XI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=Wi/LD0FuC/Wv6tT4MQfxHGgJ2B6PosdApLUFVE2emSxhdpMsqgGaEWkszPdQAEeUYT IgiE2/EQBbvGPFZ+GH4Pj2bjE8mVJaFhQ8fUa+fDSdUiSM9S3OhIgfrO7vARTb952Uwj 5Ixfg69qXaI0Q8aLfuwAyL9EGTg+UVszp17Q8= Received: by 10.64.151.10 with SMTP id y10mr145673qbd.95.1231956182850; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:03:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.183.13 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:03:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <94136a2c0901141003hf976918vee0e5c6c9262000a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:03:02 +0100 From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" To: "User Questions" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Performing installed ports upgrade / leaving some software intact X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:03:06 -0000 Dear all, I am now full into planning the 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE upgrade. I know that at the end of the day it will also mean upgrading all ports (portupgrade -af). I have one port - mailman - which I have customized a lot and do not really want to upgrade it as it will most likely mean I will have to hack a few files again. What options do I have so that I do not break the setup? I am thinking of: 1/ backing up the hacked files and restoring them later (but I will overwrite the newer files with older ones perhaps breaking something). 2/ making them read only (but the end result will be the same and upgrading as root I will overwrite them anyway). And that would be it. My wisdom ends here. Is there any option to survive the ports upgrade? :) If not, I guess I will just have to hack Mailman files again after the upgrade... -- Zbigniew Szalbot www.slowo.pl www.fairtrade.net.pl