up2date: What's the "official" word of DA?

[tino]

Hi,

Can I use up2date and install all available patches for my system without breaking DirectAdmin?

What is the official standpoint of DA on this?

Tino

[ProWebUK]

DA should automatically configure up2date to skip what may get in the way, that is:



pkgSkipList=kernel*;apache*;httpd**;mod_*;mysql*;MySQL*;da_*;*ftp*;exim*;sendmail*;php*;

removeSkipList=kernel*;apache*;mod_*;mysql*;MySQL*;da_*;*ftp*;exim*;sendmail*;php*;webalizer*;


Kernel can taken from that list.

Run up2date -l after you have that configuration, and let us know if you are unsure of anything :)

Chris

[ProWebUK]

And as a note, if you are running any version of redhat prior to RHE or Fedora then the updates will also be out of date.

Chris

[tino]

Unfortunatly, the server I rented with DA is RH 9. All my other servers are RHEL3 or FEDORA, but they run Ensim. :-(

Thanks for the info though! Just what I needed!

Tino

[ProWebUK]

Originally posted by tino
Unfortunatly, the server I rented with DA is RH 9. All my other servers are RHEL3 or FEDORA, but they run Ensim. :-(

RH9 > Fedora is a fairly easy upgrade, and only involves around 20 minutes downtime for any/all services used externally, with the entire process taking around an hour.

Theres always progeny, fedora legacy or custom rpms (or source compiling) you could do instead :)

Chris

[tino]

Hmm... Is there a readme or howto on this migration?

I did upgrade from RH 7.3 --> Fedora by using Ensim's upgrade scripts. :-) That was pretty easy.

Tino

[ProWebUK]

http://forum.ev1servers.net/showthread.php?threadid=40351

You will need new exim rpms (check my releases for a fedora version)

and to re-run ./build all for customapache to rebuild everything

You may also need to email Mark to update the license for DA to match the new OS.

Chris

[tino]

Appears to me a tricky process...

But thanks for the URL! I'll take a look at it.

Tino