Re: Another morning lost to bad ports choices (perl upgrade, plus postgres)

From: Julien Cigar <julien_at_perdition.city>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:12:45 UTC
On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 04:01:23AM -0800, list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com wrote:
> 
> On 2023-10-24 15:12, Dan Mahoney (Ports) wrote:
> > Yes, I know that I should be ready to upgrade to 15 at some point, on
> > whatever quarterly port boundary it's decided, "I guess that's when",
> > with no advance notice, via the full stupid dump-and-restore
> > process.
> 
> I know it's too late now, but run postgresql-server in its own jail. Among
> other administrative advantages, it splits the postgresql-client dependency
> tree so you don't have to upgrade your database server every time the Ports
> Tree bumps PGSQL_DEFAULT.  PostgreSQL clients tend to have excellent
> backward compatibility, so as a rule the server just needs to be a supported
> version.

+1, this is the way.

> 

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