Upgrading from YDL 2.3 to YDL 3.0

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Thu May 22 15:18:00 2003


On Wed, 21 May 2003 shore@fringenet.net wrote:
> Hello there.
> I am currently running a small web/mail server on YDL 2.3. It's running 
> happily on a PowerMac 9500/120 and does the job. I've got the typical 
> server programs installed like apache, MySQL, sendmail, etc., but no 
> GUI (I don't need it and it just eats memory). How easy or difficult 
> would it be to use yum/apt-get to upgrade everything to YDL 3.0. Is it 
> worth it, since as I understand it most of the benefit of 3.0 is with 
> the GUI interface and improvements on that end? What would I need to do 
> to upgrade it in one fell swoop, rather than recompile newer versions 
> of programs that I need upgraded (such as sendmail)? Any help is 
> appreciated. Thanks.
>