Re: [hylafax-users] 4.2.2 Upgrade Via RPM

[jcleary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I made the upgrade to 4.2.2 (from ifax) and found one manual change I had
to make.  It turns out that my hylafax/bin/faxrcvd file was overwritten
with a new version.  I have made some custom changes to my faxrcvd file,
so my first thought was to just copy my modified version back into the
bin/ directory.

However, I noticed that some changes were made to the new faxrcvd
(specifically how it takes in the command line args), so I left the new
file there and manually re-added my changes to the file, thus not breaking
anything.

Thought I'd mention this in case anyone else ran into the same thing.

_Jeff Cleary


> "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)
>
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