Nothing but ejabberd needs to be uninstalled. Use the --nodeps to force this.
Just reinstalling the package doesn't rebuild the database. You will have to manually clean out the database before reinstalling... I have no experience with uninstalling xs-pkgs and xs-config. I doubt it would reinstall cleanly... wad On May 14, 2008, at 8:45 AM, Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect) wrote: > I had already uninstalled ejabberd & xs-pkgs. xs-config also had to be > uninstalled and reinstalled. So I had to redo a few config files prior > to starting ejabberd. That has always worked just fine. But it took > about ten minutes altogether. > > I uninstalled and reinstalled a few times to make sure I could do > so as > quickly as possible. > > I didn't realize it would be safe to specify nodeps. If I had, there > would have been a lot less work to reconfigure the server. > > I hoped that following your suggestion would be a bit less work. We > have > about 1500 schools, so I am searching for the most efficient server > management processes possible. > > So after reinstalling jabber and getting it behaving again, I tried > following your suggestion and just deleting the files. That did not > work. So I reinstalled again. This process is what I was asking a > bout. > > If we wind up with a lot of servers, I'll put together a Perl-based > server management system. We certainly expect to have a lot of server, and remote management is one of the tasks that has to be handled. This wasn't remote management so much as a bug fix. We have several issues with ejabberd, and in the long term are seeking a replacement instead of finding work-arounds. > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Langhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:30 AM > To: Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect) > Cc: Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Possible Jabber Problem on Server > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Martin had suggested that we can just wipe out the database without > reinstalling the package. >> >> So back to the question: Can the database be wiped out and recreated > without reinstalling? > > We haven't tested it :-/ (it all depends on exactly what triggers an > empty DB setup). > > OTOH, we know that uninstalling/reinstalling the rpm does the trick > reliably (so it is better than my earlier suggestion). It will remove > the xs-pkgs package, but that won't cause any short-term problem. > Reinstall it as well just in case for better long term behaviour ;-) > > cheers, > > > m > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > _______________________________________________ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel