On October 21, 2005 02:30 pm, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote:
> sorry by the way I put it Jeff.... I got to angry when All my
> services stop working after an ( what should be simple ) update
> .....

Allan ,don't get me wrong - I"m not trying to "pin" you, I just want 
to point out that computers and software tend to fail, so whenever 
you're updating/upgrading one or the other you *have to* have backup 
plan. In most scenarios having production machine means that you 
*have to* have development machine working in parallel (ideally 
identical to production machine in all respects) - any changes to 
production machine should be tried/tested on development machine 
first. Being sysadmin for about 7 years now I know that things do 
happen and you have to be ready/prepeared for everything. 

Another point is to go with the "lowest resistance" path - update only 
GLSA's and do full-blown upgrades only when you plan them carefully 
and test'em out on development box.

-- 
Dmitry Makovey
Web Systems Administrator
Athabasca University
http://www.athabascau.ca
http://www.makovey.net