At 04:29 PM 4/05/2009, you wrote:

>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

Should be, provided you didn't shift stuff into different places after the installation, changed symlinks, etc.

>for deinstalling the old version including old client libs, ...?

Same story: if they are in the place where they were when the rpm installed them, it should remove them.

>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?

I think it *should* preserve them and rename them. I'm not sure whether it does or not, since it's been quite a while since our RPMs would install on my Linux boxes (being .i686, they refuse to "go" on my AMD Athlons). I just use the tarball installation - it's rock-solid - and the uninstall script for the uninstall. And - yes - I *do* keep copies of things I want to keep (aliases.conf, firebird.conf and security2.fdb, to name the basics!) in my home dir, 'coz I'm like that. :-|

>If not, does the install process overwrites existing files?

Never tried it, so....dunno. ;-)

./h