[LON-CAPA-users] CVS upgrade info? Where?

Lars Jensen lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:51:01 -0700 (PDT)


Scott,

So we should use 

cvs upgrade -d

instead of 

csv -d -r STABLE

for the production server?

Lars.

On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Scott Harrison wrote:

> Dear Dr. Jensen:
> 
> install.lon-capa.org is experiencing a much-needed shift in
> the installation strategy that we have been planning for a while.
> 
> We are trying to work through the glitches and move quickly from 
> the CVS:latest to CVS:STABLE release.
> 
> Currently, install.lon-capa.org is not
> synchronized with both CVS:latest and CVS:STABLE.
> 
> Therefore, I encourage you to use the updating commands that
> you are experienced with such as
>  "cvs update -d; cd loncom/build; make build; make install"
> 
> If you need a more specific explanation, please call me
> at 517-410-4049.
> 
> The UPDATE command is not available at
> http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/.
> 
> UPDATE has been available in a preliminary status at
> http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/unstable_latest/
> 
> Regards,
> Scott
> 
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:30:42PM -0400, Guy Albertelli II wrote:
> > Hi Lars,
> > 
> > > There's no UPDATE command in loncapa.tar.gz. find -iname UPDATE gives no
> > > result in the whole archive.
> > 
> > Scott?
> > 
> > > My problem is that I'm trying to install to a laptop from the old CD.
> > > After the install I did a CVS update after that the web server won't
> > > start - the problem is that Math/Cephes.pm is not present. I thought I
> > > could fix this by updating the LONCAPA-systemperl rpm, but this file
> > > won't upgrade because of conflicts with other rpms. How do I go on from
> > > here?
> > 
> > rpm -Uvh --force LON-CAPA-systemperl
> > 
> > The systemperl has the best version of everything. 
> > -- 
> > albertel@msu.edu        BM: n^20 t20 z20 qS 
> > Guy Albertelli -7-8-9-  O-
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> >     and neglect.   
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