On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:36:02AM +0200, Eldad Zack wrote:
> > This installed 'openssl-0.9.7' and removed 'openssl-0.9.6' -
> > unfortunately lots of stuff on the system was compiled and linked
> > against 'openssl-0.9.6' and they promptly broke. IE. Serious outage on a
> > production system.
>
> Not just that. if wget depends on openssl-0.9.6 and now the library is
> gone, you can't even download wget sources to perform a recompile.
>
> I'd suggest a special precaution with production enviornments - always
> build binary packages.
> That way you can roll back very fast if things don't work out.
> You can use quickpkg to make one from the existing filesystem if you're
> about to upgrade important packages if you didn't build a binary package
> in the first place.
Could you describe this a bit more detailed, please? How to make binary
packages? Or at least tell where to look for documentation? :)
Thanks in advance!
CU all,
Jens
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