how to Upgrade to a new version??

Supose i install a tarball (binary) file. say for eg. apache 1.2.12.tar.gz
and i have extracted it with following commands:
tar -xvzf apache 1.2.12.tar.gz
./configure
make
make install

now incase a new version of apache: apache 1.3.tar.gz (or say for any other software comes) then how do i go bout upgrading from the old to the new.
(dont tell me you gonna delete all those files u installed)

duke

>>dont tell me you gonna delete all those files u installed

Yes, but not quite. Let say the installed layout are the same, simply backup your httpd.conf, check for new changes, then remove all the others and rebuild your new version.

>>check for new changes,
how do i check for the new changes??

>>then remove all the others and rebuild your new version.
what if my files are all scattered ....its gonna be hard to remove them...(especialy searching for them).
what exactly u mean be rebuild ...does that mean i give a ./configure command... or is it only the make part.




[This message has been edited by DukeNM (edited July 25, 2000).]

>>how do i check for the new changes??

Like the diff of 1.2.x and 1.3.12 of your httpd.conf

>>its gonna be hard to remove them...(especialy searching for them).

Check your config.layout. It specified the installed path.

>>does that mean i give a ./configure command... or is it only the make part.

It doesn't matter your previous apache was using DSO or compiled-in. You need to start from scratch including ./configure, make and make install.