On 2014-11-25, at 10:33 , Frederic Hermann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> On our Debian 7 / pf 4.3.0 server, the upgrade did not work out-the-box also.
>
> Actually we had to :
> * Clear the /usr/local/pf/var/cache folder
Yes, you may have to do that to get an up to date configuration but most people
shouldn't have to.
Try it without first. It will not prevent you from upgrading.
At worse you may have to do it when restarting the PacketFence services for the
first time.
> * Upgrade the database
That's not an optional component of PacketFence.
You have to upgrade the database as mentioned in the UPGRADE documents.
> * Try apt-get upgrade -> had some perl compilation error
Because that's the wrong command, as I was recently reminded graciously by
another user of the list.
> * purge /usr/local/pf files (ie : removing the packetfence package)
No.
Do not do that. You will loose your configuration and any custom changes you
may have done.
There is no need for that step.
Apt or Yum will take care of removing the files it has to and nothing more.
> * reboot the server (to clear the
No. This is not window.
Just make sure memcached is not running and you will be fine.
>
> * install the package with apt-get install
>
> Then it worked correctly
Because that is the correct command.
It's an easy mistake to make when you spend as much time on RedHat systems as
on Debian derivatives.
I have done it myself.
>
> We suspect that it would have been enough to stop pf services, wait a few
> minutes to make sure the memory to be freed, then proceed with the upgrade,
> but we will try that next time.
The kernel manages memory allocation.
If it takes minutes to free memory you have a much larger problem than
upgrading PacketFence.
Trust the system. It works.
A reminder: backup and test everything.
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