On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 03:35:20PM +0000, Beachey, Kendric wrote: > I'm investigating what will be necessary to do an upgrade from our > installation of RT 3.6.5 to the latest version. > > Currently installed versions of some items we are not looking to > upgrade...are we safe here? > > * mysql 5.0.51a > * perl 5.8.8 > * Ubuntu 8.04 (yes, I know that's way old) > * haven't been using CPAN, but instead pulling in needed modules from Ubuntu > repo > > That last bit was at the sysadmin's request. What's the general opinion on > whether that's a good way to go?
You can build your own standalone perl without touching the system perl using something like perlbrew http://perlbrew.pl If you're planning to upgrade in-place, keep in mind that the UPGRADING.mysql step (more below) generally takes a while. We almost always recommend working on a new machine or VM for a larger upgrade. It allows you to test the upgrade and find out how much downtime you're going to need. > Finally...I'm looking at the README files on the BP site and I have a > question about the UPGRADING.mysql file. The first step seems to apply > only if you're not upgrading mysql itself. Are there other steps in > that document that are also not necessary if mysql isn't being > upgraded? It's kind of hard to tell. If you're planning to upgrade in-place on that mysql, then you do not need to dump and restore, but I'd make *really* sure that my backups were sound before doing so. -kevin
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