Re: [hylafax-users] 4.2.2 Upgrade Via RPM

["Darren Nickerson" <darren.nickerson@xxxxxxxx>]

"Jeff Schulze" <jschulze@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> Hi all,
>
> I recently noticed that ifax posted some RPM's for RH of 4.2.2. I am 
> currently running a production server of 4.2.1 on RH Fedora Core 2. So far 
> it is working very smoothly and there are no problems, but I like to keep 
> my software up to date, and I've heard Lee say there are alot of fixes. I 
> am very nervous about messing with a working setup however, for fear it 
> will lead to more work for me to repair. (and lost buisness for my company 
> if this goes down to long.) So, will a RPM install retain all my old 
> Hylafax settings and just replace what is needed?
>
> Is it safe? :p

Jeff,

I'd definitely recommend upgrading to 4.2.2, especially if you're configured 
to use Class 1 or 1.0. The RPM is meant to be safe for typical users - it 
will create .rpmnew files instead of overwriting those precious config 
files, and will generally 'do the right thing'.

The package can't anticipate everything you might have done to HylaFAX 
though, so the advice is backup, backup, backup (and test a restore), and 
make sure to 'rpm -Uvh' the package so RPM knows you're upgrading.

-Darren

--
Darren Nickerson
Senior Sales & Support Engineer
iFAX Solutions, Inc. www.ifax.com
darren.nickerson@xxxxxxxx
+1.215.438.4638 x8106
+1.215.243.8335 (fax) 


____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________
 To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi
On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxx < /dev/null
 *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@xxxxxxxxx*