Upgrading to 4.24-5

[Erik Jakobsen]

Kevin Miller wrote:
> 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?

You find it in /usr/sbin, but should work from where you are.
Take a look and you'll find it. I too had the same troubles some days
ago, but finally it succeded.

Feel free to ask agin.

> Thanks much...
>
> ...Kevin
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>
>>-----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
>>
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/Erik