I have a question along the same lines. I have an older machine, probably about a year old. It was set up the old manual "scripts" way.
Can this machine be updated by putting the repo into place and using yum or will that destroy the system? W On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Eric Shubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack Martin wrote: > > Had a small issue with squirrelmail - seems you should disable your > plugins before you upgrade, then get the new compatability plugin after you > upgrade. The downside to an upgrade script for QMT is after you heavily > modify something like squirrelmail using their plugins - you have to pay > attention before you upgrade to make sure they had no plugin problems. I > just simply reverted to the old squirrelmail and will upgrade it next week. > I will tell you how that goes. > > > > Jack D. Martin, Jr. > > Magic Wireless Internet Service Provider, LLC > > > > That's good to know Jack, thanks. Many of us simply use the stock SM and > are > unaware of these considerations. > > FWIW, I consider this to be a downside of plugins, not of an upgrade > script. > This problem exists regardless of whether you use an upgrade script or > not, > and is only a problem when you use plugins. > > I expect that it'd be possible to add an extension to qtp-newmodel that > would search out and remove any SM plugins prior to upgrading it. It'd be > nice to have a script for installing various plugins too. That would make > a > nice addition to the qmailtoaster-plus package if someone's inclined to > write it. Any takers? > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
