Hello folks,
I'm using FreeBSD as email and web server - no desktop, no users, weak hardware - but it works since a long time.
I'm using mixing ports and packages for installing my applications. Because of the weak hardware I won't install everything over the ports, just the software for eMail (like sendmail, etc. and web server like apache, php-extensions, etc..)
I get a question, because I run into a lot of problems every time I'm doing updates:
After some times, there are ports sign as "vulnerable" for hacking - so I get something to do.
I do
or / and
Then I check new versions with
or
I have try to update with
By the way, it take me sometimes days to solve that.
or with
Every time I got a lot of conflicts and every time I must work through my documentation to reconfigure the eMail and webserver settings until they works again.
So, ..... Can I have packages and ports Installations at the same time? And how do I manged them without get conflicts.
Can I configure the package system that it don't install applications that I explicit install about the ports?
Thank you for your ideas!
I'm using FreeBSD as email and web server - no desktop, no users, weak hardware - but it works since a long time.
I'm using mixing ports and packages for installing my applications. Because of the weak hardware I won't install everything over the ports, just the software for eMail (like sendmail, etc. and web server like apache, php-extensions, etc..)
I get a question, because I run into a lot of problems every time I'm doing updates:
After some times, there are ports sign as "vulnerable" for hacking - so I get something to do.
I do
cd /usr ports
and portsnap fetch update
or / and
pkg update
Then I check new versions with
pkg version -l "<"
or
pkg upgrade -n
I have try to update with
portupgrade -r abc..
or every package it needs an update and when fail portupgrade -a
and the rest with portupgrade -r abc..
or pkg install abc...
until everything is new.By the way, it take me sometimes days to solve that.
or with
pkg install abc...
for every package it needs update or when fail pkg install upgrade
Every time I got a lot of conflicts and every time I must work through my documentation to reconfigure the eMail and webserver settings until they works again.
So, ..... Can I have packages and ports Installations at the same time? And how do I manged them without get conflicts.
Can I configure the package system that it don't install applications that I explicit install about the ports?
Thank you for your ideas!