[Asterisk-Users] Taking the plung to CVS HEAD

[Chris Coulthurst]

If your 1.0.9 install is (on the /usr/src/asterisk tree) complete, you might 
unpack the CVS source somewhere else other than /usr/src (maybe 
/usr/local/src or /usr/src/cvs).  Most importantly, PLAN AHEAD.  It would 
seem that the more Asterisk evolves, the less-tolerant it is natually 
becoming to "obsoleted" methods and code.  Little things like commas where 
pipes should be could be a pain.

Also, think to make sure you didn't install, and depend on a patch (spandsp 
for example, the patches are very version-dependant).

Copy /etc/asterisk, /var/lib/asterisk, /var/spool/asterisk and 
/usr/lib/asterisk to a backup location FIRST.

I remember when I upgraded to CVS-HEAD back in mid August.  I learned the 
hard way to triple-check the little things.

If you copy all the files (maybe a restore script would be handy), you 
should be able to just run a make install from each source-tree's directory 
to return it to normal.  Oh, don't forget to erase the contents of 
/usr/lib/asterisk/modules before you 'make install' new ones.

Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Grey" <lydanynom at mac.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Taking the plung to CVS HEAD


>
> On Oct 27, 2005, at 9:52 PM, Eric Bishop wrote:
>
>> We are running 1.0.9 STABLE on all of our machines. I am about try  and 
>> upgrade one machine to CVS HEAD as all this echo cancellation 
>> improvements sound enticing. Can anyone recommend
>>
>> a) A procedure to cleanly upgrade from STABLE to HEAD
>>
>> b) A procedure to ensure I can back out and go back to 1.0.9 easily
>>
>> I have looked on the wiki but couldn't find much about this.....
>>
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> The easiest thing, I'd think, would be just to install the HEAD with  an 
> entirely different basedir and don't touch your existing install  at all. 
> That way it is a simply matter of running a different  executable to 
> switch between the old and the new.  That's what I did  here, at any rate, 
> and it worked nicely, but my living-room is  certainly not a production 
> environment.  Stay tuned for possible  contradictions from the pros.
>
> lyd
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