Upgrading FreeBSD

_ross

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Hi

I am discovering DirectAdmin yet. During install it added some packages via pkg_add -r. After doing portsnap fetch extract and installing portupgrade I see:

Code:
ross@da /home/ross pts/1> portversion -vL=
bison-2.4.1,1               <  needs updating (port has 2.4.3,1) 
exim-4.71-1                 ?  error - origin not found 
freetype2-2.3.9_1           <  needs updating (port has 2.4.6) 
gd-2.0.35_1,1               <  needs updating (port has 2.0.35_7,1) 
gettext-0.17_1              <  needs updating (port has 0.18.1.1) 
jpeg-7                      <  needs updating (port has 8_3) 
libiconv-1.13.1             <  needs updating (port has 1.13.1_1) 
m4-1.4.13,1                 <  needs updating (port has 1.4.16,1) 
perl-5.8.9_3                <  needs updating (port has 5.8.9_5) 
pkg-config-0.23_1           <  needs updating (port has 0.25_1) 
png-1.2.40                  <  needs updating (port has 1.4.8) 
proftpd-1.3.3c              ?  error - origin not found


So my question is: is it safe to use FreeBSD upgrade commands?

for example, I would do "portupgrade -a", but this will upgrade png and freetype so recompile of the dependencies is needed. If I got it right, I need

Code:
cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build clean
./build update
./build php

Right? I am a bit afraid of experimenting as our server is already in production.
 
your perfectly fine using the portupgrade, keep the /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild folder handy :)

after the upgrade , i'd suggest testing everything in turn eg

http / php / exim etc

some of these may need to be reinstalled , specifically if you upgrade openssl etc etc,

just take it slow the first time and you should have no issues.
 
Only update those showing "needs updating...". Do not update those which shows "error" - they are handled by DirectAdmin's CustomBuild.
 
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