On 2012-12-16 17:25, Dan Langille wrote:
> On Oct 27, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Dan Langille wrote:
>
>> We are going to be making some major changes to the FreeBSD port of 
>> Bacula.
>> Before we do this, I'm looking for volunteers to test out the 
>> changes.
>>
>> This is a short list of the changes we plan to make:
>>
>> - bacula-server will require bacula-client.  you cannot install 
>> bacula-server without bacula-client
>> - bacula-client and bacula-server will no longer install docs
>> - all docs are installed only by bacula-docs
>> - new port added: bacula-client-static (statically linked; so good 
>> for rescue CDs etc)
>>
>> Why is bacula-client now required by bacula-server?  A long standing 
>> problem between the two
>> ports was they each installed the same shared libraries.  We solved 
>> this situation by making only bacula-client
>> install the shared libraries.  This is why bacula-server requires 
>> bacula-client.
>>
>> This change to the shared libraries will avoid the continually 
>> reported problems when upgrading
>> Bacula on FreeBSD and not first deleting both bacula-client and 
>> bacula-server.
>>
>> Watch this thread, and I will post a URL from which you can download 
>> the upgraded ports
>> and test them.  We'll give you about a week to report any problems.
>>
>> Also, this is the place to discuss any issues with the above 
>> strategies.  :)
>
> This was just committed to the FreeBSD ports tree.
>
> 
> http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?message_id=201212161632.qBGGWjZt011350 
> AT svn.freebsd DOT org
>
> I'm about to test the results in a sandbox… if my portsnap update
> will ever finish...

The portsnap finally finished.  Bacula seems to be running fine.

I wish to emphasize that we've only changed the packaging, not the 
code.  :)

See above.

As you upgrade, please reply here and let us know how it went.

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

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