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Modified: . README Log: Add a small blurb about upgrading an existing Apache environment. PR: 1036 Revision Changes Path 1.12 +27 -3 apachen/README Index: README =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apachen/README,v retrieving revision 1.11 retrieving revision 1.12 diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12 --- 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/>).