[Xymon] Proper method to upgrade

[Mike Burger]

Ahh...just found the testing directory. LOL Sorry.
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>> On Wed, February 5, 2014 10:11 am, Michael Resnick wrote:
>>> I have Xymon 4.3.11 installed and would like to move to 4.3.15, but I
>>> do
>>> not see any upgrade doc.
>>> What is the proper method to do an upgrade from source ?
>>>
>>> Do I uninstall the previous and install the new version?
>>> Should I just install the new over the old version, using the same
>>> config
>>> options ?
>>>
>>> Best practices would be appreciated, since this is a Production
>>> environment.  Centos 5.4 64 bit.
>>>
>>
>>
>> If it's EL5 you're using the RPMs on Terabithia, it's safe to do an
>> update
>> using rpm -U (or yum update). If it was a custom compile/tarball, I'd
>> suggest a backup copy of your server directory and then a diff of the
>> relevant config files to note any new/missing defaults (eg, the
>> IMAGETYPE
>> variables for non-gif icons).
>>
>> Your data directories wouldn't need any modifications between 4.3.11 and
>> 4.3.15 I don't think.
>>
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> -jc
>
> Just wondering...when can/should we start looking for 4.3.15 packages on
> terabithia.org? The latest that I see, to this point, are for 4.3.13.
>
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