Search Again: Re: Upgrade from 4.0 to 4.5 From: TechCare Date: Friday, May 23, 2003 Time: 12:14:14 pm Where can I find a download for QDNS Manager for version 3.5.3. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mac McClellan" <mmcclell@nuskin.com> To: <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Re: Upgrade from 4.0 to 4.5 > Yeah. I already have several servers that were installed initially with > version 4.5 same OS (RH 7.3) and same hardware. I have two servers that > were initially installed with 4.0 and want to upgrade them. (Just the > qdnsr part). > > I figure I tar up the directory and if something goes south I just > untar and named still runs even if qdnsr whigs out. > > Thoughts? > > >>> cbuxton@menandmice.com 05/21 5:35 PM >>> > The issue is libraries. Each distribution has a slightly different > set of basic libraries, and they change between versions. Libraries > are not always backwards-compatible, either. > > The cause of all this is, Linux grew as a project of programmers, by > programmers, for programmers. So the expectation is, if it doesn't > work, you just get the source code and recompile it. For proprietary > software, that doesn't work so well. So we end up having to test > against every conceivable combination of Linux distribution (each > released version) + BIND version. > > This is why we only support two distributions, and only on x86. It > takes considerable effort to test each release against all these > combinations. > ____________________________________________________________________ > Chris Buxton Men & Mice > support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy > > At 3:18 PM -0800 5/21/03, mattb wrote: > >I'm curious. Isn't it just the version of BIND that it should be > >concerned with? > > > >Maybe xinetd? > > > >or does it rely on some other components as well? Kernal version? > > > >Properly written, it would seem like the version of BIND would be > >the only consideration. I'm not a real good programmer, so maybe > >I'm not thinking of all the reasons. > > > > > >At 03:05 PM 5/21/2003, you wrote: > >>That's supported. The downloads page says, "Red Hat Linux 7.0 - > 8.0". > > >

Messages In This Thread: Upgrade from 4.0 to 4.5 by Mac McClellan on May 21, 2003 at 2:20:35 pm Re: Upgrade from 4.0 to 4.5 by Men & Mice Support on May 21, 2003 at 2:37:48 pm Re: Upgrade from 4.0 to 4.5 by TechCare on May 23, 2003 at 12:14:14 pm