Re: Another morning lost to bad ports choices (perl upgrade, plus postgres)
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. > -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform (http://www.biodiversity.be) PGP fingerprint: EEF9 F697 4B68 D275 7B11 6A25 B2BB 3710 A204 23C0 No trees were killed in the creation of this message. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced.