On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:53:31 +0100 Paul Cockings <ds...@cytringan.co.uk> wrote:
> Mark Dadgar wrote: > > dspam installed from source over a previous 3.6.8 install from source. > > > > I need to upgrade to 3.9 but I've been procrastinating since it's such a > > painful install ... > > > > > Arh.. I was in a similar stage to you, but i'll promise that > procrastinating is not going to make the upgrade happen for you. > > First download the source > He is using a RPM based distro and DSPAM 3.9.0 can be found in the EPEL repository. So the update should be pretty easy for him since we have not changed much in 3.9.0. > Then discover what options you need to set. You get most of that from > dspam --version, but also checkout the docs > > You can read up on options: > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/dspam/index.php?title=Build_options > and also see the README and UPGRADING files. > > Backup your existing Dspam binaries > you're using MySQL --with-storage-driver=mysql_drv > so I think you should also copy the mysql storage driver. (I'm on > Freebsd and location is /usr/local/lib/dspam) > Do a MySQL dump of you DB > And you might want to copy the dspam data folder aswell. (var/db/dspam > for me) > > (might be just as easy to clone the whole machine.. dd, clonezilla, > ghost, acronis, etc) > > Now whats stopping you from upgrading? > > stop dspam > stop mysql > stop postfix > > > compile the code > > ../autogen.sh > ../configure > make > make install? > > make changes to mysql tables as noted in UPGRADING (I think this might even > be optional?) > > start mysql > - is it running? > > start dspam > - is it running? > > start postfix? > - is it running > > watch your /var/log/maillog > > get ready to stop postfix if things are going funny. > > > You should just go do that upgrade to 3.9.0 NOW... 3.9.0 is waaaaaaaaaaay > better than 3.8.0 > > Hope this helps, > Paul. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > Dspam-user mailing list > Dspam-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspam-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Dspam-user mailing list Dspam-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspam-user
