Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:53:51 +0200 From: Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BEWARE upgrading Horde System Message-ID: <20060410075351.GA40925@graf.pompo.net> In-Reply-To: <20060409203111.S1096@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060407032220.W947@ganymede.hub.org> <1144391457.23833.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <44363371.9050200@fromley.net> <20060407141831.GA65673@pentarou.parodius.com> <20060408075305.GB58919@graf.pompo.net> <20060409050018.X1096@ganymede.hub.org> <20060409201012.GF93845@graf.pompo.net> <20060409203111.S1096@ganymede.hub.org>
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Le Lun 10 avr 06 à 1:41:59 +0200, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> écrivait : > >I had choosen the first method, because I thought it was easier for the > >OP this way, and I think that a port should do better than a manual > >installation. > > You've missed the 3rd, and optimal, option: on initial install, install > the config files based on the .dist files, but *do not* overwrite an > existing config file (ie. after an upgrade) ... If you want the package to install these files, they must be registered in pkg-plist, and then they will be deinstalled. > The problem is that in your option 1 above, on an existing system, you go > from a "fully running system", and bring someone back to just an "almost > running webmail", and, in fact, it isn't even *almost* running, since now > there is no more connections to the IMAP server, since you've totally > unconfigured that, you taken away all of my existing database > configurations, etc ... This is why you missed the post-installation step and don't merge your saved config within the newer, unfortunately. Regards, -- Th. Thomas.
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