Can yum do any harm to my system?

[Brian Olesen]

Hi Andor,
Thanks a bunch for you answer.
I'll wait with further updates till I have a simelar system ready.
Any way I need a a server for backup purposes, so I gotta do it sooner or 
later.

Best regards
Brian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andor Demarteau" <andor at nl.linux.org>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Can yum do any harm to my system?


> On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Brian Olesen wrote:
> > Well by damage I mean do thinks that will make my php and sql 
> > applications
> > and other web stuff malfunction. Offcourse I don't mean physically 
> > damaging
> > the system.
> in general php is very nice and far backwards-compatible
> However, sometiems some functions get depricated and ultimately may be
> removed as well.
> Also, with a new installastion some security-settings might change asw ell
> (i.e. registred_globals)
>
> In general linux has a good record of backwards-compatibility as far as
> I've seen it over the last 7.5 years or so.
> But the odd thing might always happen.
> If you want to be sure you have to check the changelogs of the
> applications before installing them.
>
> As I'm a debian-user I dunno if this is possible, but always see what the
> upgrade is going to change install new/upgrade or posssibly remove.
> Specially if you are running on-the-edge unstable versions of your distro.
>
> If the server is that critical to you, install a second identical system
> (identical as in software) and upgrade that one first.
> Then check if everything works okay before upgrading the time-critical
> system.
>
> kind regards,
> Andor
>
> > Best regards
> > Brian
> >
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