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The process of applying, or files used to apply, improvements to a system or program. An update is typically encompasses minor changes and improvements, relative to an upgrade.

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secure rollback of updates

I'm again and again wondering why there isn't (or did I just not find it?) any tool which can reliably and effortlessly rollback changes done by updates. Let me take an update with apt on Debian as example. There's this new package and there are the…
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Error when trying to update postgresql-libs

When I do a yum update I get the following errors: Transaction Check Error: file /usr/lib64/libecpg.so.6.1 from install of postgresql-libs-8.4.10-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64 conflicts with file from package postgresql84-libs-8.4.9-1.el5_7.1.x86_64 file…
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Yum update on LAMP

When I do a yum check-update on my server I get packages like php which I haven't dared to update. I'm wondering whether it would be safe to update these on my production server (I do have a backup though). I'm pretty sure my PHP code will keep on…
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how to upgrade or update the currently installed php version?

my current version of PHP installed in my ubuntu 11.04 box , is PHP5.3.5, now how to update it into the latest stable PHP5.3.8 version? this tutorial didn't work for me
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Replace PHP installed via package manager with self compiled version

On a Ubuntu 10.10 vm I installed PHP 5.3 via package manager (installed the whole lamp stack via tasksel install lamp) for quickly testing some project. Now I need a newer version, PHP 5.4 beta, compiled from source. I downloaded the source,…
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Batch Updates to Numerous Server 2008 Machines?

We run a lot of machines that are hosted in various datacenters (takes out the LAN based options) and we are finding the need to change Administrator account passwords for RDP (we use the same password for our admin account, just need to batch…
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procmail dovecot, mail client see change only when quit and reopen

I have a filter in .procmailrc to organize mail in a folder. But I use dovecot as LDA, and it doesn't update until I quit the client. I read that I need to proceed mail through deliver as explain here : http://wiki.dovecot.org/procmail So in…
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How to update bash

I'm struggling to update bash, yum update bash doesn't find anything and a search displays: bash.i386 3.0-19.6 installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 6) Any help would be…
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Oracle Security Update Patch July 2011 - How to know if i am affected?

Oracle Security Update Patch July 2011 I am using JDK 1.4.2_08, 1.4.2_19, 1.4.2_22, and Oracle DB 9.2.0.8. Can any experts tell me how to tell if i am affected, i.e. after installing the patch everything will continue to work fine? Thanks!
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Ubuntu: Cannot apt-get upgrade server, dpkg permission denied even when root?

I've ran a general audit of the system and found that a few packages were aging, such as OpenSSH and related so I went to apt-get update then upgrade. Unfortunately it seems to get the packages correctly (downloading), however cannot finish the…
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Windows Automatic Updates for Non-Admins

I asked this question on stackoverflow, and was told this is where i should post it.. One (and it's only one) employee tells me whenever Windows performs automatic updates he gets the restart countdown window with the 'Restart Later' option grayed…
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Upgrade ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04

I have a bunch of old machines in production all running uBuntu 9.10. I want to now upgrade this to 10.04 distributions but I am getting the following error (because the repositories have expired I guess) The following packages have unmet…
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Tool to manage CITRIX application dependency libraries

I need to use some tools to help me during the release and deployment management of package application. I would like to use HP release control and maybe HP quality centre. But I do not understand, how I will be able to be sure that when I will…
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SQL Server 2008 update License

How can I change my SQL Server 2008 license? I have the Enterprise Edition installed with a 90-day key and it will expire on 7 days. Two months ago, I purchased the final one but I don't know how to install/change to the new one. Is there a legal…
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I updated PHP from source... How can I use it?

I'm on a Mac, and it has PHP 5.3.4 built in. I downloaded the sources of PHP 5.3.6 and installed it via ./configure; sudo make; sudo make install It is now installed in /usr/local/bin/php: /usr/local/bin/php -v PHP 5.3.6 (cli) (built: May 9 2011…
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