Topic: Upgrade from 6.0

[firstbishop]

I'm using a 6.0 server. We have a slow dialup and I would like to avoid downloading a whole new version if possible. I understand that the latest stable version is 6.0.1. Is there a script out there that will run an upgrade and just install the changed packages, or do I need to download the whole thing? And should I be looking at 6.0.1 / 6.5 ?

Thanks. Mike.

[isi]

Yes there is!.

Here you can get:

http://www.braunstein.de/linux/sme/index-us.html

cu

[raem]

isi

I would be very wary about running the smeplus update script. You may affect the ability to smoothly upgrade your server to newer versions of sme later.

It does not really update your server with security bugs & fixes, only, as such, but it adds new programs & rpms that may not be already installed to get additional functionality and the latest versions of those programs.

If you need to apply "updates" from that script, then be selective and only apply what is strictly needed eg php update which does have some security issues if you use php apps.

If you have the Mitel v6.0 release, there is very little difference between that and the contribs.org 6.0.1 release, essentially they are the same, and as far as I understand it are secure if you have not done further customisations to your server.

Did you apply the Mitel updates for v6.0 which do add security fixes etc ?

ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/e-smith/updates/6.0/RPMS/

You can safely continue using sme v6.0 as long as you have applied the Mitel updates, and assessed php security requirements.

[raem]

firstbishop
> I'm using a 6.0 server. We have a slow dialup and > I would like to avoid downloading a whole new
> version if possible.

You can use rsync to download new iso's and save a lot of bandwidth. Have a copy of the sme 6.0 iso on your server (you can create the iso file from the CD if needed) and then rsync against that. Only the parts that have changed will be downloaded, saving you a lot of time.

cd to the same folder where you have a copy of sme 6.0 iso. Rename the iso to match the name of the file you are downloading
then do
rsync --recursive --verbose --archive --partial --progress rsync://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/6.0.1/iso//smeserver6.0.1-01-20040316.iso .

(all on one line including the dot at the end)
Change the ftp location and iso name as required
Also download the md5sum check sum file from the same size and check the iso after it has been downloaded to ensure the file is correct.

Compare the output of
md5sum smeserver6.0.1-01-20040316.iso
against the md5sum file

You can do the same (similar) for sme 6.5 and sme 7.0alpha. making appropriate changes where required.

[firstbishop]

Thanks for your very helpful replies. Will give this a go as soon as I can.