On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Detlev Habicht wrote:
Hi all,
is there a recommended way to patch Linux?
I am working normally more with Solaris, so i have some knowhow problems
with Linux.
My problem in one example:
When i want to use Sun Ray Software 5 and Sun Ray Soft Client 1.0 Early
Access 1 (EA1), i
see as platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 U3.
When i install RHEL 5.3 and start package update (or in the past up2date) i
will
get all patches and then i am running RHEL 5.4 now.
So, what can i patch? Can i patch the kernel or can i only use the kernel
coming
with 5.3? When i use the initial kernel from 5.3, can i patch all the other
packages?
I usually do default install of latest RHEL server
Then i update it (i used to run SRSS 4.0 on RHEL 4u6)
(Right now I'm using RHEL-server 5u3 + all updates and SRSS 4.2 EA1)
Then i install the packages SRSS need
Then i install srss (reboots and stuff)
--
I run system updates now and then.
If I forget GDM I'm usually stuck, sometimes I reinstall
If the kernel is updated I usually loose sound and USB
but then I run this:
1. update kernel
2. reboot
3. run this:
#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/src/SUNWut
cd utadem
make
make install
cd ..
cd utdisk
make
make install
cd ..
cd utio
make
make install
cd ..
/sbin/depmod -a
/etc/init.d/utsyscfg start
and then it works again - like new!
--
I'm still experimenting with SRSS 4.2 EA1 and RHEL 5
I just put it in production - I have lot's of problems, mostly with RHEL 5
being less mature than RHEL 4.
I miss having fonts in emacs but I don't miss the lack of Firefox 3 in
RHEL 4
When I'm done with my experiments I will as usual put out a complete howto
on my SRSS-linux page.
-- Alexander
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