On Oct 27, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Dan Langille wrote: > We are going to be making some major changes to the FreeBSD port of Bacula. > Before we do this, I'm looking for volunteers to test out the changes. > > This is a short list of the changes we plan to make: > > - bacula-server will require bacula-client. you cannot install bacula-server > without bacula-client > - bacula-client and bacula-server will no longer install docs > - all docs are installed only by bacula-docs > - new port added: bacula-client-static (statically linked; so good for rescue > CDs etc) > > Why is bacula-client now required by bacula-server? A long standing problem > between the two > ports was they each installed the same shared libraries. We solved this > situation by making only bacula-client > install the shared libraries. This is why bacula-server requires > bacula-client. > > This change to the shared libraries will avoid the continually reported > problems when upgrading > Bacula on FreeBSD and not first deleting both bacula-client and bacula-server. > > Watch this thread, and I will post a URL from which you can download the > upgraded ports > and test them. We'll give you about a week to report any problems. > > Also, this is the place to discuss any issues with the above strategies. :)
This was just committed to the FreeBSD ports tree. http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?message_id=201212161632.qbggwjzt011...@svn.freebsd.org I'm about to test the results in a sandbox… if my portsnap update will ever finish... -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
