Re: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3?
From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 12/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:01:10 -0800 To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net>
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:49:10PM +0100, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
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> --On onsdag, december 29, 2004 12.36.01 -0800 Brooks Davis
> <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote:
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> >On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:30:37PM +0100, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
> >>Has anyone managed to update a 4.10 system to 5.3 remotely, i.e. without
> >>console access, and without spare disk partitions?
> >>
> >>I have a bunch of 4.10 machines that are too far away for me to actually
> >>do the update hands on. I've tried it on a test machine, it fails half
> >>way through installworld, and really needs single user mode to succeed.
> >>The install procedure fails since it starts using the newly installed
> >>stuff, things like sh(1) and test(1), and they cannot find their
> >>libc.so.5, I guess...
> >>
> >>One idea I have is copying / and /usr to some other place and set
> >>ldconfig and PATH=some/other/place and when building and installing.
> >>Haven't tried it yet, thought I'd hear anyone on this list has a better
> >>suggestion?
> >>
> >>Optimally, there would a couple of gigs on a separate spare disk
> >>partition so I could just install everything there and use it upon
> >>reboot. Problem is, there is no such space. :(
> >
> >In general, my suggestion would be, don't do that. Do you really need
> >to upgrade? Remember, 4.11 is likely to be supported for security
> >upgrades into early 2006 so if your machines are working and you don't
> >really need the new functionality, I'd suggest avoiding an upgrade.
>
> Well, I need wide char support, as in iswlower and the likes. Maybe I could
> use some portability lib or similar...? Ideas?
>
> BTW, do you mean that 5.3 is not stable enough, or just that it is a
> nuisance to upgrade? While I agree that 4.10 is very stable, a lot of
> things have improved with 5.x...
If you need the improved wide char support, then you will probably have
to upgrade. 5.3 is generally stable, but I personally think upgrading
for 4.x by any method other then a new install is a bad idea. It's
certaintly possiable, but not trivial. I believe the instructions in
UPDATING should work, but I've never tried them remotely.
-- Brooks
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