12 Feb
2009
12 Feb
'09
5:01 a.m.
On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 17:34 -0500, James B. Byrne wrote:
With one very large caveat.
Be aware that updating bind via yum can result in your existing bind configuration files being renamed to something.rmpsave and your name server left in a dysfunctional state. I suggest that you consider excluding bind from normal updates and only update it when you are ready and able to check for possible configuration issues.
That's true of pretty much every rpm that has config files... it's part of my standard updating routine:
yum update updatedb locate rpmsave locate rpmnew fix any config files... restart services and/or reboot if necessary...
-I