On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:46:15 +0100 Stuart Henderson wrote: > > True, probably should have been clearer. Just check out the ports > > patches adapt them and build outside of ports and test. Easier than > > using ports if you are not on current and want a newer version. > > > > That way you're likely to end up with files sprinkled over /usr > rather than /usr/local which might cause exciting problems later. > Adapting the newer port is a safer suggestion, and also likely > to be easier. Though just upgrading is almost always the simplest > option.
I'll bear that in mind. Admittedly the systems I have done this on I re-install rather than upgrading and only needed a few daemons building and I was building qmail and monit anyway. There was something that steered me away from ports but I can't remember now, perhaps a build failure or dependency issue. Whatever it was, I certainly remember thinking I don't have this issue in the ones I build. So I guess always try ports first. I Should have also mentioned, its important to look at the ports Makefile too.
