Good idea. I haven't backuped my /etc files. That's why when I accidentally deleted /etc on my laptop (don't ask how) I cried. :( Now, I'll back em all up. :)
Mhac On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:01:04 +0800, Bopolissimus Platypus Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:12:26 +0800, Justin Jereza > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please note that the PHP guys recommend against running PHP with Apache2 > > either on UNIX or Windows. It's not exactly stable and there are certain > > incompatibilities as mentioned in the INSTALL file of PHP. I've > > experienced problems with it before myself and reverted back to Apache > > 1.3.33. > > that's been discussed here before. 1.3.x is recommended because > there are PHP functions which call non-thread-safe libraries. this is > a problem if you're running apache threaded. it isn't a problem though > if you're running apache in fork mode. > > in any case, i doubt if that's the problem here. > > i never do automatic updates via urpmi on production servers because > of this kind of problem. generally what i do is test on a copy (some slower > box that's used just for testing things) and then, if everything is right (not > that i actually test everything, but i do at least basic sanity checking, is > the > daemon up and running, does it perform basic services correctly) then > i deploy. > > something i've always wanted to do (but haven't, mainly because i > haven't needed to, since i only maintained a few servers at a time) > was CVS or SVN the /etc/ directory. that way, after any auto-updates > it would be easy to see what things had changed, what files had > been added, what changes had been made, etc, and if changes > were destructive, to switch back to the old working setup (possibly, > but not necessarily, removing the new packages and installing the > old). > > but back to the original problem, mhac, do you have backups of > your /etc? if you do, you could diff the old and new config files > and see what's different. > > tiger > > -- > Gerald Timothy Quimpo http://bopolissimus.blogspot.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Public Key: "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 672F4C78" > Mene sakhet ur-seveh > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Mozilla Firefox 1 - getfirefox.com Mozilla Thunderbird 1 - mozilla.org OpenOffice.org 1 ============= I'm an Open Source Enthusiast. c",) -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
