On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 03:55:07PM -0500, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote: > The procedure I had in mind was to download the latest versions of the Apache, > OpenSSL, MM, and Mod_SSL components > and subsequently install them over the existing programs. Is this the correct > procedure to follow, or is there a better method? I generally manange everythings with symlinks, which allows for easy rollback. So, for instance if your current layout was: /usr/local/apache /usr/local/apache/conf /usr/local/apache/htdocs etc, etc. Move /usr/local/apache to /usr/local/apache-previous (or $VERSION) and symlink /usr/local/apache-previous to /usr/local/apache. Install the new apache into /usr/local/apache-new (or $NEWVERSION). When you're ready to cut over, shut down apache, repoint the symlink, and start it back up. You could also use something like graft (http://www.gormand.com.au/peters/tools/graft/graft.html) or stow (http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) to manage this for you, if you'd rather. Installing over top is just a recipe for pain. =) --n -- <huey> dd of=/dev/fd0 if=/dev/flippy bs=1024 <huey> ^^^ Making Flippy Floppy --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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