Anyone upgraded Exim on FreeBSD 4.9 yet?

[i2iweb]

Wanted to know what the ins and outs are before I attempt this myself. I'm currently using 4.24.

[rhoekman]

I think you should ask the DA team for specific paths and compile options. EXIM is a custom package. I see the current version DA is using is 4.24 and the latest available version is 4.32. But if it ain't broke there's no need to fix it :)

[i2iweb]

Originally posted by rhoekman
But if it ain't broke there's no need to fix it :)

Excellent point....

[jmstacey]

But sometimes you don't know its broken until its to late and your mail server has been comprised ;) So I'd also like to know how to update it. (also other software like mysql etc.)

[rhoekman]

That is true but serious bug fixes or upgrades are already taken care of by DA. So if a security hole is in one of the custom packages like Exim or Mysql you will receive a patched/upgraded version. So that is what I actually ment with the "don't fix it if it is working".

[jlasman]

Originally posted by rhoekman
So if a security hole is in one of the custom packages like Exim or Mysql you will receive a patched/upgraded version.
Are you sure? I don't think so?

Hey John or Mark...

Please clarify... do you automaically install patched/upgraded versions of anything required by DA?

If not, do you have a security notification service?

Thanks.

Jeff

[wdv]

John told me that they don't use the affected syntax in their config of exim. So DA's Exim config is not affected.

[ProWebUK]

Originally posted by jlasman
Are you sure? I don't think so?

Hey John or Mark...

Please clarify... do you automaically install patched/upgraded versions of anything required by DA?

If not, do you have a security notification service?

Thanks.

Jeff

Updates are manual, either new rpms are placed on files.directadmin.com or the custom apache system is updated and you can run ./build clean ./build update to fix sort that :)

Notificiations - check my latest message in the custom apache thread and also take a look at http://optimum-servers.com/products/ for more information on that ;)

(DirectAssistant/DirectUpdate feature notes at the bottom of that page)

At the moment i'm doing numerous things to drastically increase the speed in which updates are available :)

Chris

[lesmak]

I upgraded apache, thx.


"few" days passed, anyone upgraded exim in freebsd yet ?

[i2iweb]

Looks like I have to dust off my old test server and try this myself.

I'll post what I come up with.

[lesmak]

I hope it will work. Good luck!