Replacing A Base Package With A Port: Best Practices?

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JSeymour

Hi There,

System: FreeBSD ... 8.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3

I want to get DNSSEC going, so I've installed Bind 9.8 from ports. I'm wondering what is regarded as the Best Practices for "activating" ports like that? My inclination would be to (pseudo code):

Code: 
    for each binary in /usr/[s]bin that exists in /usr/local/[s]bin
        rename /usr/[s]bin binary to whatever.orig
        symlink /usr/local/[s]bin binary to /usr/[s]bin

and keep the config files where they are (making backups before modifying them). In this manner there would be minimal changes to anything, and I could easily back things out, if desired.

So, what say y'all?

I apologize if this is well-known, but I read the manual, asked on the IRC channel, searched here and searched with a search engine, to no avail.

Thanks,
Jim
 
JSeymour said:
So, what say y'all?
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Enable REPLACE_BASE option when doing make config in the port directory. Then build and install as normal.

You'll probably need:
Code: 
NO_BIND=TRUE
in /etc.make.conf as well, to keep future buildworlds from stomping on it.
 
Terry_Kennedy said:
You'll probably need:
Code: 
NO_BIND=TRUE
in /etc.make.conf as well, to keep future buildworlds from stomping on it.
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That was the old way, I think it still works though. The proper way is to add to /etc/src.conf:
Code: 
WITHOUT_BIND=yes

See src.conf(5).
 
Thanks for the feedback.

That method attracts because it seems cleanest, but what if the replacement turns out to be a non-functional disaster for some reason? How do I get the BASE version back?

Thanks,
Jim
 
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