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

tino

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

Code:
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
 
And as a note, if you are running any version of redhat prior to RHE or Fedora then the updates will also be out of date.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
 
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
 
tino said:
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
 
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
 
Appears to me a tricky process...

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

Tino
 
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