The 4MLinux 25 series.

linustalman · 07-31-2018, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by zk1234

Have a look here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lin...ivecd/updates/

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Thanks again Zbigniew. I don't know how I overlooked that folder. The sums matched.

zk1234 · 08-05-2018, 03:54 PM

This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.55. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.33, MariaDB 10.3.8, and PHP 7.2.7.

You can update your 4MLinux by executing the "zk update" command in your terminal (fully automatic process).

More:
http://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com...-released.html

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linustalman · 08-06-2018, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zk1234

This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.55. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.33, MariaDB 10.3.8, and PHP 7.2.7.

You can update your 4MLinux by executing the "zk update" command in your terminal (fully automatic process).

More:
http://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com...-released.html

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Morning Zbigniew.

When you do the update - does it overwrite your settings? For example - anything that I've changed in /etc/startx.conf ; /usr/share/jwm/autostart ; etc.?

zk1234 · 08-06-2018, 04:18 AM

Some settings in the /etc directory may be overwritten by new packages. However, the installation script creates backup, which you can find in the /etc.old folder.

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linustalman · 08-07-2018, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zk1234

Some settings in the /etc directory may be overwritten by new packages. However, the installation script creates backup, which you can find in the /etc.old folder.

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Ah, that .old folder is handy. An alias could be used to backup the new /etc configs and /usr files in the updated version.

I'd want these tweaked files put back in place. I guess I could store my tweaked ones in my home folder:

/etc/startx.conf
/etc/server/autostart.conf
/etc/firewall/config
/usr/share/jwm/autostart

Edit:

Maybe this copied and pasted into the terminal from a text file? If you can think of a better method - I'm all ears.

Code:

cp /etc/firewall/config /etc/firewall/config.default
cp /etc/server/autostart.conf /etc/server/autostart.conf.default
cp /etc/startx.conf /etc/startx.conf
cp /usr/share/jwm/autostart /usr/share/jwm/autostart.default

cp ~/4MLinux/config /etc/firewall/config
cp ~/4MLinux/autostart.conf /etc/server/autostart.conf
cp ~/4MLinux/startx.conf /etc/startx.conf
cp ~/4MLinux/autostart /usr/share/jwm/autostart

linustalman · 08-08-2018, 09:08 AM

What would be a good way of putting the above cp commands in a script called 4mlinux.sh to run each line in order?

zk1234 · 08-10-2018, 04:00 PM

Hi,

I am not going to write such a script. It's sysadmin job (yours :-). However, the /etc/startx.conf will be automatically restored by the installation script in 4MLinux 26.0 and later.

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linustalman · 08-12-2018, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zk1234

Hi,

I am not going to write such a script. It's sysadmin job (yours :-). However, the /etc/startx.conf will be automatically restored by the installation script in 4MLinux 26.0 and later.

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That's ok. :-)

I could sepereate each command with "&&" and have 1 long line and use an alias to launch it. However since I won't be updating too often, I will just paste the lines from a text file when needed. My new lines:

Code:

cp /etc/firewall/config /etc/firewall/config.default
cp /etc/server/autostart.conf /etc/server/autostart.conf.default
cp /etc/startx.conf /etc/startx.conf.default
cp /usr/share/jwm/autostart /usr/share/jwm/autostart.default
cp ~/4MLinux/config /etc/firewall/config
cp ~/4MLinux/autostart.conf /etc/server/autostart.conf
cp ~/4MLinux/autostart /usr/share/jwm/autostart

linustalman · 08-14-2018, 05:11 AM

Let's say I was on 4MLinux 25.2 but did not update in a while and the latest release was 4MLinux 25.4. Would updating skip 4MLinux 25.3?

zk1234 · 08-15-2018, 08:31 AM

It would be skipped. 4MLinux always updates itself to the latest stable version.

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linustalman · 08-15-2018, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zk1234

It would be skipped. 4MLinux always updates itself to the latest stable version.

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I see, so it's like a fresh new distro upon each update - bar a few config files remaining the same (e.g. /etc/startx.conf).

linustalman · 08-17-2018, 11:41 AM

Is it possible to check to see what version of 4MLinux I'm using? I ask because when I do updates and it's the same version as the one I'm using -- it still does the updates even when there's no need.

zk1234 · 08-18-2018, 05:30 AM

Hi,

/etc/4MLinux-version

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linustalman · 08-18-2018, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zk1234

Hi,

/etc/4MLinux-version

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Thanks.

I used this to display it:

Code:

cat /etc/4MLinux-version

zk1234 · 09-01-2018, 03:09 AM

The status of the 4MLinux 25 series has been changed to OLD STABLE. All users must update before December 2018 (EOL).

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