4.24-5

[Erik Jakobsen]

Julian Field wrote:
> At 20:49 06/10/2003, you wrote:
>
>> Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions wrote:
>>
>>> Erik
>>
>>
>> Hi Michelle.
>>
>>> If you are running RedHat download and install:
>>> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/files/4/rpm/MailScanner-4.24-5.rp
>>>
>>> m.tar.gz
>>
>>
>> Ok.
>>
>>> You probably could get away with running:
>>> Rpm -Uvh mailscanner-4.24-5.noarch.rpm
>>>
>>> But running the install.sh is probably safer imho
>>
>>
>> That means, that I have to uninstall the running version ?.
>
>
> No. If you have a very recent version already installed, just "rpm -Uvh"
> the new mailscanner*noarch.rpm file. Then run upgrade_MailScanner_conf and
> follow the instructions for the RPM installation.

I got it Julian - Thanks !.

>
>> I had the idea, the the upgrade file could do an upgrade, but
>> understand, that I'm wrong in that.
>>
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>>> M
>>>
>>> Mr. Michele Neylon
>>> Blacknight Solutions
>>> http://www.blacknightsolutions.ie/
>>> http://www.search.ie/
>>> Probably the cheapest ie's in Ireland
>>> Tel. +353 (0)59 9139897
>>> Fax. +353 (0)59 9139897
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: MailScanner mailing list
>>>> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Erik Jakobsen
>>>> Sent: 06 October 2003 20:36
>>>> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>> Subject: Re: 4.24-5
>>>>
>>>> Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Erik
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are using REdHat using the RPM version makes a lot
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> more sense.
>>>>
>>>>> It sounds to me that you are using the tar.gz version which
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> would be
>>>>
>>>>> suited to Slackware etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I donwloaded the tar.gz for RedHat.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What we do is:
>>>>> 1. Create a directory on /home for temporary work files 2. cd
>>>>> /home/work 3. wget blablah.rpm.tar.gz (from the MailScanner
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> site) 4.
>>>>
>>>>> tar -zxvf blah.rpm.tar.gz
>>>>> 5 cd MailScanner-blah
>>>>> 6 ./install.sh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But I don't think its necessary to run the ./install.sh, as I
>>>> have the version before the released one today running.
>>>>
>>>> The my opinion is, that what I need is using the upgrade
>>>> file, but I might be wrong in that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> If your version of perl is ok it will install away without any
>>>>> intervention, then
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think it is, but how to be sure of it ?.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Cd /etc/MailScanner
>>>>>
>>>>> upgrade_Mailscanner_conf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's the file I think is the only one I need to run, to get
>>>> my running version up_to_date.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It will give you a simple example of usage
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It gives me 2 examples. One for having used rpm, and the
>>>> other for tar.gz installed version.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Done
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mr. Michele Neylon
>>>>> Blacknight Solutions
>>>>> http://www.blacknightsolutions.ie/
>>>>> http://www.search.ie/
>>>>> Probably the cheapest ie's in Ireland
>>>>> Tel. +353 (0)59 9139897
>>>>> Fax. +353 (0)59 9139897
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: MailScanner mailing list
>>>>>> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Erik Jakobsen
>>>>>> Sent: 06 October 2003 19:32
>>>>>> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>>>> Subject: 4.24-5
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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