** At 16:40 +0000 on 08/14/2008, Duane Hill wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, Vince Sabio wrote:
when I try to install from /usr/ports/mail/postfix, I get:
===> Installing for postfix-2.5.1_2,1
===> postfix-2.5.1_2,1 conflicts with installed package(s):
postfix-2.4.7,1
They install files into the same place.
Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
That's the thing that's concerning me ... should I pkg_delete
2.4.7? Or is this not the right way to upgrade an existing
installation?
I appreciate the assistance with this. Postfix is the single most
important piece of software on that server, and I'd rather not b0rk
it.... :-)
This is getting off-topic. You need to use some kind of package
manager. I use portupgrade (/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade).
However, you need to get /usr/ports/mail/postfix installed for
future updating to work properly. Our servers here strictly do
filtering and nothing else (pretty basic). Therefore, if I were in
your shoes with OUR SETUP, I would just backup everything in
/usr/local/etc/postfix, do a pkg_delete and install the correct
port. Once done, doing a 'postfix upgrade-configuration' will update
the configuration files if there are any parameters that have
changed.
Thanks, Duane. For anyone else who is in the same situation with
Postfix on FreeBSD, Duane's suggestion worked very well -- I made
copies of the key files, did a pkg_delete on the old version,
make-install-clean on the new one, and did a 'postfix
upgrade-configuration'. I also did a /usr/bin/newaliases to be safe
(but was probably unnecessary). Then 'postfix start', and things are
humming along nicely.
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Vince Sabio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
