On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 13:37, Oliver Elphick wrote: > On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 12:05, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > > > I was assuming that the database would stay up if the user won't let > > debconf upgrade. But if db shutdown is ok, my idea is of course not > > necessary. > > The database cannot continue, because the new executables can't read the > old data. If the administrator isn't happy with that, he cannot upgrade > at all - at least, not automatically. We're talking circles. I was proposing to postpone the real upgrade until the manual upgrade-really script is called by the administrator: Me: > I'd guess the big problem here would be how to install the new > binaries. > > Perhaps as 'xxx.new' which the upgrade script would then move to the > real names after having done the dump. cheers -- vbi -- secure email with gpg http://fortytwo.ch/gpg
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