apache upgrade

[Ronnie T Livingston]

hey thanks Warren, btw I left your book with Prof. Sugihara

On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Warren Togami wrote:

> If you want to install software from non-RPM sources, I highly suggest not
> installing it anywhere inside of /usr because it will get mixed up with your
> RPM system.  I usually install extra software in /opt/softwarename, or
> sometimes /usr/local/bin if it is very small.
>
> However, for Apache you don't need to use *.tar.gz files.  Red Hat packages
> the latest version of Apache in their Red Hat Rawhide, a place where they
> put the cutting edge latest versions of their packages.  You can find
> Rawhide on most Red Hat mirrors.  This URL is to the latest version of
> Rawhide Apache RPM.  It may require upgrades of many other Red Hat packages
> if RPM compiles about dependencies.  You will find these upgraded
> dependencies in Rawhide too.
> http://www.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/apache-1.3.22
> -3.i386.html
>
> The benefit of using RPM's is that upgrading remains easy in the future.
> The drawback of RPM is that you must find and install all dependencies that
> the new RPM packages require.  In order to avoid this dependency hell, when
> it comes to production servers I personally don't stray from the official
> Red Hat packages anymore so I can avoid hassle, because the errata updates
> usually takes care of any problems or security holes it may have.  This way
> my Red Hat Network subscription also knows when to e-mail an alert to me
> when they have discovered security holes in the version I am running.  Red
> Hat can't alert me of these holes if I'm running Rawhide or my own .tar.gz
> installation.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ronnie T Livingston" <rlivings at hawaii.edu>
> To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 5:35 PM
> Subject: [luau] Re: apache upgrade
>
>
> > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Warren Togami wrote:
> >
> > > You want to install a newer version of Apache than the one that comes
> with
> > > Red Hat?
> > > Or some other software package?
> > >
> >
> > In my case I want to install a newer version of Apache but in the future I
> > may want to install newer versions of some other software packages.  Do I
> > just install the newest *.tar.gz and use some command to delete the
> > original package?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Ronnie
>
>
>
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