I am getting the following at the bottom of my Daily Security Run report::
So, I installed db18, however, when I try to remove db5 with "pkg remove db5" then pkg wants to also remove six other dependent packages as follows:
Obviously, I need to keep these other dependent packages. So, how do I remove db5 and migrate to db18 for the dependent packages?
As an FYI, I installed all of the binaries on my server with pkg instead of ports except for exim and dovecot which were installed from ports since I needed to customize those configurations.
Thanks,
Gordon
Code:
db5-5.3.28_8: Tag: expiration_date Value: 2022-06-30
db5-5.3.28_8: Tag: deprecated Value: EOLd, potential security issues, maybe use db18 instead
So, I installed db18, however, when I try to remove db5 with "pkg remove db5" then pkg wants to also remove six other dependent packages as follows:
Code:
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Deinstallation has been requested for the following 7 packages (of 0 packages in the universe):
Installed packages to be REMOVED:
apache24: 2.4.52
apr: 1.7.0.1.6.1_1
db5: 5.3.28_8
mod_php74: 7.4.27
portupgrade: 2.4.16,2
ruby27-bdb: 0.6.6_8
serf: 1.3.9_6
Number of packages to be removed: 7
The operation will free 86 MiB.
Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]:N
Obviously, I need to keep these other dependent packages. So, how do I remove db5 and migrate to db18 for the dependent packages?
As an FYI, I installed all of the binaries on my server with pkg instead of ports except for exim and dovecot which were installed from ports since I needed to customize those configurations.
Thanks,
Gordon