> Hello,
>
> I know how to upgrade/reinstall Firebird on Windows, but on Linux, I'd
> better ask before screwing up the production server. ;-)
>
> I'm running Firebird 2.1.0 on Suse Linux Enterprise 10 and due to
> various patches in nbackup in the latest 2.1.2 release, I would like to
> update to 2.1.2.
>
> Is it really that easy as shown in the installation guide, with
> (installation has been done via the rpm package):
>
> $rpm -e FirebirdCS-2.1.n
>
>
> for deinstalling the old version including old client libs, ...?
>
> Basically, the firebird.conf, aliases.conf and the security database
> shall remain from the 2.1.0 installation. Does the deinstallation
> process deletes these files? If not, does the install process
> overwrites
> existing files?
>
>
> Thanks!
>

Thomas,
I don't suppose linux is friendly enough to just upack the compressed (non
install) package and then stop service, copy security, aliases, config and
udf files over ... then rename the old dir to old and new to current name?
I always find this the fastest way under windows to do these minor updates.
Alan