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Date:      Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:14:02 -0600
From:      Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org>
To:        Zbigniew Szalbot <zszalbot@gmail.com>
Cc:        User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Performing installed ports upgrade / leaving some software intact
Message-ID:  <2D06D61F-1EB7-4F38-9D77-D8F634A1AA95@goldmark.org>
In-Reply-To: <94136a2c0901141003hf976918vee0e5c6c9262000a@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <94136a2c0901141003hf976918vee0e5c6c9262000a@mail.gmail.com>

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On Jan 14, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:

> 1/ backing up the hacked [mailman] 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).

Keep in mind mailman is all python.  There really is nothing to  
recompile after a system upgrade.  (Unless you are upgrading python  
which you aren't).

Cheers,

-j



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