[Dovecot] Best way to upgrade from 1.0a4 to 1.0a5
Andy Cravens
acravens at uen.org
Fri Dec 16 01:14:43 EET 2005
Cliff... in the source directory type
./configure -help
also be sure to "configure" and "make" as a regular user but "make
install" as root.
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Andy
Cliff Hayes wrote:
>Andy,
>
>I'll take your word for it. I can't find those configure options in the
>documentation.
>
>Cliff
>
>
>
>Cliff... you need to specify the install directory when you configure.
>I would recommend including the version number in the directory name to
>make it easier to keep track of versions. I also place the config file
>in a "shared" directory like /etc so I can use the same config file for
>any version. Again, you have to make sure there are no config
>incompatabilities between versions before you switch. Here's what I
>did on a Solaris host but you should be able to do this on Fedora.
>Common file locations may be different on Linux vs. Solaris hosts but
>the idea is the same.
>
>Example installing under /opt
>1) ./configure --prefix=/opt/dovecot-1.0.a5 --sysconfdir=/etc (add other
>options here as needed for your install)
>2) make
>3) make install
>4) cd /opt
>5) ln -s dovecot-1.0a5 dovecot
>6) edit your start/stop scripts to look at /opt/dovecot and NOT
>/opt/dovecot-1.0a5
>
>
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