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Modified: . README
Log:
Add a small blurb about upgrading an existing Apache environment.
PR: 1036
Revision Changes Path
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--- README 1997/07/31 16:26:42 1.11
+++ README 1997/10/19 17:05:04 1.12
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
most up-to-date documentation, visit us on the WWW, at
<URL:http://www.apache.org/>.
-Installation
-------------
+New Installations
+-----------------
NOTE: Windows users please see http://www.apache.org/docs/windows.html,
or the htdocs/manual/windows.html file included with Apache. The
@@ -61,6 +61,30 @@
specifically call them by other names, use the AccessConfig and
ResourceConfig directives in httpd.conf.
+Upgrading an Existing Apache Environment
+----------------------------------------
+
+Between releases of Apache, there are several files that are likely
+to get changed (aside from the source, of course). These include:
+
+ src/Makefile.tmpl
+ src/Configuration.tmpl
+ src/Configure
+ conf/*.conf-dist
+ conf/mime.types
+
+It's recommended that you unpack a new Apache version distribution
+into a different directory than the existing one, and check these
+files against the ones you already have for new or changed directives.
+It's almost certain that the Configure, Configuration.tmpl, and
+Makefile.tmpl files are going to change, so pay particular attention
+to merging your existing Configuration settings with the ones in
+the Configuration.tmpl file to make a new Configuration file in the
+new Apache src directory. Then follow the steps for a new
+installation to build and test the new server before replacing
+the existing Apache directory tree with the one from the new
+distribution.
+
The Latest Version
------------------
@@ -90,4 +114,4 @@
Please see the file called src/regex/COPYRIGHT.
The NT port was started with code provided to the Apache Group
-by Ambarish Malpani of ValiCert, Inc. (www.valicert.com).
+by Ambarish Malpani of ValiCert, Inc. (<http://www.valicert.com/>).
