First: thanks for your time, Michael.
Message from Michael R. Jinks on Thu, 19 Apr 2001, 14:23 <-0500>:
> it shouldn't be a problem, but be careful.
>
> did your tarballs install to /usr/local, /home, or /opt? if so, you
> should be in great shape.
I will have to do a thorough check first, but what I recall now is this:
some stuff is in /home, other in
/etc/rc.d/init.d
with a simple start script (linked to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d.) ... it starts all
the stuff necessary to run ISDN, the mod-probe for the isdn-card etc ...
>
> do you plan to do the upgrade as an "upgrade" or do you plan to have the
> installer start from scratch? should be obvious that if you start from
> scratch and tell it to format your filesystems, you'll lose whatever you
> format. i know, i know, but some people need to be told.
... just an upgrade, no formatting ...
>
> even if your software and scripts live under / or /usr, as long as they
> don't have the same filenames as any software being installed, you
> should be okay.
>
> but in any case, always always always make backups before you begin the
> upgrade, you never know when something will go horribly wrong.
yep, that's what I surely will be doing ... thanks for the hint.
>
> also be aware that goofy stuff like library dependencies and suchlike
> may break your old software even if all your files remain intact.
... you mean that even if my current libraries are 'cleanly' connected to
each other that there's always a small risk some stuff will break with the
update, right ... ?
Regards.
Wolfgang
>
>
>
> Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> >
> > I'm running RedHat 6.1 on my machine and I'd like to update to redhat
> > 7.1 ... But what I do not know is: I have some programs on the machine
> > which I did not install via a RPM-install but from a tarball ... and I
> > have several scripts on the machine which were not built via a rpm install
> > but by me ... so the question:
> > Will an update to redHat 7.1 delete all this non-rpm software on the
> > machine?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Regards.
> > Wolfgang
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