Re: [leaf-user] upgrade 6.2.7 to 7.0.0-rc2

[Timothy W. <ti...@ts...>]

Erich, you wrote (after I mentioned my long history with Leaf/Lrp):

> In that case you know all internals

I have no knowledge of the internals at all, I'm just a very long time user
with Leaf/Lrp on my home router.

Thanks for all the information about the update app, enormously
informative! I will experiment with it for the next release. I may also try
a fresh start with 7.0.0-rc2 just to get a clean baseline for going
forward.

Thanks to all the Leaf developers!

Tim


On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 3:06 AM Erich Titl <eri...@th...> wrote:

> Am 06.10.2020 um 04:29 schrieb Timothy Wegner:
> ....
> >
> > Erich, I checked the docs and apparently there's both a command line
> > upgrade and one accessible via Webconf. Are these basically the same
> thing,
> > and is that what you are talking about?
>
> Yes, the webconf is mostly a wrapper around the CLI version.
>
>  Would I have to go back to 6.2.7
> > and then upgrade?
>
> No, if you have a 7.0.0-xx running just let it run. If you are upgrading
> from a real old version then sometimes upgrade is not foolproof, it has
> evolved over the last few years.
>
>  (I would think so). Can the upgrade tool upgrade to
> > 7.0.0-rc2, or does it look for the release version? 7.0.0?
>
> If you start upgrade with the --help option you will see the usage.
>
> It will typicall look for the 'stable' version.
>
> leafinstaller# upgrade -c
> 6.2.7
> upgrade: upgrade terminated successfully
>
> For example, for 7.0.0-rc2 you can use
>
> upgrade -c --latest
>
> leafinstaller# upgrade -c --latest
> 7.0.0-rc2
> upgrade: upgrade terminated successfully
>
> or
>
> leafinstaller# upgrade -c --release 7.0.0-rc2
> 7.0.0-rc2
> upgrade: upgrade terminated successfully
>
> to check for the files. If you leave away the -c option it will go and
> start the upgrade.
>
> Usage: upgrade [-c][ -s | -v | --verbose][--stable | --latest |
> --release x.y.z][-u | --use_apkg]
>
>    -c                     just check the version on the server
>    -s | --silent          run quietly
>    -v | --verbose         be chatty about the progress
>    --stable               upgrade to stable release
>    --latest               upgrade to latest release
>    --release x.y.z        upgrade to release x.y.z
>    -u | --use_apkg        use apkg -u to handle modified packages
>                           instead of the internal routines
>    -h | --help            show this page
>
> Mind you, upgrade relies heavily on the presence of patch.lrp on the
> system.
>
> >
> > The reason  I haven't tried the upgrade capability is that my simple
> minded
> > approach of adding leaf.cfg and configdb.lrp to the new Leaf packages
> > leaves my old configuration intact on the old usb, so if my upgrade
> doesn't
> > work I just plug in the old usb, and I am back where I was. Of course I
> > could always copy the old usb first and then upgrade.
>
> I recommend a three partition set up on the media. Partition 1 for the
> boot code, partition 2 for the standard set up and partition 3 for a
> copy of the set up which can be selected from the console and be used
> for either a backup copy or an alternative configuration.
>
> >
> > I also appreciated Marko's and Bob's comments. It would be a good thing
> to
> > start with the new packages and modify them as Marko does for a new major
> > version (I have done this in the past).
>
> upgrade tries hard to do that for you, sometimes it fails on shorewall
> but it leaves the affected files for inspection in /tmp. You can use
> these files to find out what you need to correct manually.
>
> If upgrade terminates without errors it will save the current
> configuration. You can then reboot the box and check. If it detects
> errors it _does_not_ save the configuration. This is basically what
> would happen if you just keep leaf.cfg and configdb,lrp.
>
>  I don't have Bob's problem of
> > maintaining off-site boxes, my firewall is here in my office. I just need
> > to mess with it when my wife is not using her computer!
>
> Well, upgrade has been written with Bob's problem in mind.
>
> >
> > Thanks again. I have been using Leaf since the Dave Cinege LRP days and
> > appreciate it very much.
>
> In that case you know all internals.
>
> cheers
>
> ET
>
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