Upgrading to 4.24-5

Tue Oct 14 17:24:17 IST 2003

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Ugo Bellavance 
> Envoyé : Tuesday, October 14, 2003 12:21 PM
> À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Objet : Re: Upgrading to 4.24-5
> 
> 
> Same procedure as what's below.

Well, run install.sh then upgrade_MailScanne_conf.

> 
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Kevin Miller [mailto:Kevin_Miller at CI.JUNEAU.AK.US]
> > Envoyé : Tuesday, October 14, 2003 12:16 PM
> > À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Objet : Upgrading to 4.24-5
> > 
> > 
> > I just downloaded the SUSE 4.24-5 tarball from the webiste.  
> > I haven't run
> > install yet, but did untar it.  I don't see a 
> upgrade_MailScanner_conf
> > script anywhere.  Is that installed by install.sh or do I 
> > need to download
> > that seperately?  Or was it just inadvertantly left out of 
> > the SUSE package?
> > 
> > Thanks much...
> > 
> > ...Kevin
> > -------------------
> > Kevin Miller                Registered Linux User No: 307357
> > CBJ MIS Dept.               Network Systems Administrator, Mail
> > Administrator
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> > Juneau, Alaska 99801        fax: (907 586-4500
> > 
> > 
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
> > >Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1:05 AM
> > >To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > >Subject: Re: 4.24-5
> > >
> > >
> > >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/MailSc
> > >anner-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 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
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>#########################################################
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> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>--
> > >>
> > >>/Erik
> > >
> > >--
> > >Julian Field
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