Pascal MiQUET wrote:

Hi all,

I've installed the version 7.0 of SuSE. Doing this, the apache installed is apache-1.3.12-97 I've fetched from the Web, the source package apache-1.3.17 What must I do to install this new version ? according to the rpm version. What will be side effects according to RPM stuff, concerning version management ?

Your RPM database will still show apache-1.3.12-97 as being installed. Depending on where you install the new one (--prefix=) you may have 2 copies on your machine after installing from src. I would remove the original version first before compiling/installing the new one. Of coarse this will mess up your rpm database as I'm sure there are some dependancies on apache. If you want your rpm database to remain valid the best thing to do would be to build your own rpm from the source package you downloaded and install it that way. That can be very trickey. You can also install the source rpm from SuSE cd, see if there are patches from 1.3.12-97 to 1.3.17, apply them, then rebuilt the bin rpm and install it. That would keep your rpm database valid. -- Mark Hounschell dmarkh@cfl.rr.com