On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 13:52, Ben Kennish wrote: > Hi all, > > We are having problems thinking about how to safely update any > software in the Skel / VSs. Any advice or answers to the below would > be greatly appreciated...
The procedure is not much different from creating a new server. What you should do is to recreate a new skel starting from rpms using rpm --root /newskeldir --initdb Then install the rpms you need again with rpm --root /newskeldir <rpms...> At the end link your new skel to (a copy) of your existing server (which consists of /etc, /home, /root, /var and /usr/local), and modify any configuration files to suit the new software. I recommend against trying to patch an existing skel with brute force methods as this will probably corrupt all your running servers. The only guaranteed procedure is to create a new skel and relink an existing server. Regarding the glibc mods, the latest patches from idaya should be enough for you to patch a decent version of the glibc library. I can't help you here because I don't use them anymore. if you really want to upgrade a skel after it was created with the abobe procedure, try copying the skel to a new directory, including the /var/lib/rpm directory, which is the database of the rpm utility. Now you can upgrade packages with the rpm -u --root /newskeldir command. Cheers, DaveC ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
