>>>> "JF" == Jay Fenlason
<fenlason(a)redhat.com> writes:
JF> rpm are broken, you will need to use extra care when installing
JF> this update.
I just want to acknowledge this. I applied this update to one of my
slave servers and indeed it did essentially wipe out the entire
database. It did seem to save the old contents of /var/lib/ldap in
/var/lib/ldap/rpmorig, so all is not lost. But this is surely not the
kind thing you want to have rolling out automatically in the middle of
the night.
JF> Before you begin the upgrade, you should make a copy of all the
JF> files in your /var/lib/ldap directory. After the upgrade, you
JF> should clear out any files left in that directory by the upgrade
JF> process, and restore your original files.
Is there something that prevents the package from just doing that?
- J<