4.24-5

[Erik Jakobsen]

Julian Field wrote:
> The file you unpack: does its name end in ".rpm.tar.gz"? If so, that's the
> RPM distribution, which is the one you should be using on a RedHat 9
> server.

All is working now, as I mailed it this morning.

> At 19:31 06/10/2003, you wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I tried today to upgrade via the upgrade_Mailscanner_conf file. I'm not
>> sure with of the 2 options I shall choose, as I always unpack the tar.gz
>> file using Midnight Commander on my Clarkconnect RedHat 9.0 server.
>>
>> After the the package has been opened and shows the directory name, I
>> copy the whole content to /opt, where its placed as
>> /opt/Mailscanner-4.24-5.
>>
>> I think I just have to rename the 2 directories where the old and the
>> new MailScanner are placed ?.
>>
>> What is difficult is to state, which of the 2 ones -rpm or tar.gz I have
>> used. I am quite sure its the last one, as I unpacked it using the MC as
>> mentioned uo the lines.
>>
>> Can anyone help me to get it clear to me ?.
>> *********************************************************************
>> If you are using the RPM distributions then try this:
>>
>> cd /etc/MailScanner
>> upgrade_MailScanner_conf MailScanner.conf MailScanner.conf.rpmnew >
>> MailScanner.new
>> mv MailScanner.conf MailScanner.old
>> mv MailScanner.new  MailScanner.conf
>>
>> If you are using the tar distribution so that the old version is in
>> /opt/MailScanner and the new one is in /opt/MailScanner.new then:
>>
>> cd /opt/MailScanner.new/etc
>> ../bin/upgrade_MailScanner_conf /opt/MailScanner/etc/MailScanner.conf
>> /opt/MailScanner.new/etc/MailScanner.conf > MailScanner.new
>> mv MailScanner.conf MailScanner.old
>> mv MailScanner.new  MailScanner.conf
>> ***********************************************************************
>> --
>>
>> /Erik
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/Erik