No 6.5 RPMs?

[mbredeweg]

I've noticed that there have been no 6.5 rpms for the past several days. Has this been a problem with the build process, or are rpms being phased out?

[ChrisOwens]

Just a problem with the build process after the branch over the weekend. Dan's working on it!

A number of people around the office use the RPM builds, too.

[mbredeweg]

Thanks, Chris.

I'll keep my eyes open.

[kyleki]

Still no RPMs.

Is there an ETA on when we might expect to see them again? I've been waiting for over a week to update my machine and it's been killing me. ;-)

In the meantime, would it be a good idea for me to do the following?:

1) Shutdown slimserver daemon
2) Copy /usr/local/slimserver to /usr/local/slimserver.copy
3) Uninstall slimserver RPM
4) Move /usr/local/slimserver.copy to /usr/local/slimserver
5) Un-tar the nightly tar to /usr/local/slimserver
6) Startup slimserver daemon

Or are the RPMs right around the corner so I shouldn't waste my time?

[Robin Bowes]

kyleki wrote:
> Still no RPMs.
>
> Is there an ETA on when we might expect to see them again? I've been
> waiting for over a week to update my machine and it's been killing me.
> ;-)
>
> In the meantime, would it be a good idea for me to do the following?:
>
> 1) Shutdown slimserver daemon
> 2) Copy /usr/local/slimserver to /usr/local/slimserver.copy
> 3) Uninstall slimserver RPM
> 4) Move /usr/local/slimserver.copy to /usr/local/slimserver
> 5) Un-tar the nightly tar to /usr/local/slimserver
> 6) Startup slimserver daemon
>
> Or are the RPMs right around the corner so I shouldn't waste my time?

If you're updating regularly then I recommend you start using svn.

Do something like:
service stop slimserver
cd /usr/local/
mv slimserver slimserver.rpm
mkdir -p slim/trunk
cd slim/trunk
svn co http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/slim/trunk/server
# or, for the 6.5 branch:
# mkdir -p slim/v6.5
# cd slim/v6.5
# svn co http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/sli...hes/6.5/server
cd /usr/local
ln -s slim/trunk/server slimserver
# or ln -s slim/v6.5/server slimserver
service slimserver start

Now all you need to do to update to a new version (or regress to a
previous version is:

cd /usr/local/slimserver
# to upgrade to latest revision:
svn up
# to switch to a specific revision:
svn up -r12345

R.