Upgrading FreeBSD

[_ross]

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:

[email protected] /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

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.

 

[ReN]

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.

 

[wattie]

Only update those showing "needs updating...". Do not update those which shows "error" - they are handled by DirectAdmin's CustomBuild.