Re: wordpress, again
Scott Ferguson wrote:
The OP (in this thread) is asking about the Debian WordPress package.
It installs WordPress, WordPress keeps itself up-to-date - i.e. it's
version has nothing to do with the version number of the debian
installer. On 28/11/13 09:48, Scott Ferguson wrote:
Which is really the point here.
1. Maybe an apt-get install wordpress-<xxx> will get you a close to
current version, complete with all dependencies (hasn't been my
experience - but then again I haven't tried going that route in a LONG
time - sounds like things have gotten better).
But, and a BIG but - and probably important to the OP:
2. apt-get update; apt-get upgrade is not going to be enough to keep
your wordpress installation up-to-date - for that, you pretty much have
to use WordPress' built in update mechanism - accessed through it's
control panel - which takes into account how you've customized your
installation (modules, themes). In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if
apt-get update/upgrade generated some conflicts with WordPress' own
update mechanisms - mix and match with extreme caution.
And, for what it's worth, when it comes to all but the most core servers
(say mysql, apache, postfix), I've found that it always pays to build
servers from upstream source (particularly mail related stuff - getting
antispam, antivirus, SMTP, IMAP, and authentication all wired together
is a mess; same again for list managers). At least that's been my
experience when it comes to running a server farm - your mileage may vary.
Miles Fidelman
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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