[DRBD-user] Upgrade question

[Rob Morin]

Böttcher wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rob Morin <rob at dido.ca>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 5:34 AM
>> To: <drbd-user at lists.linbit.com>
>> Subject: [DRBD-user] Upgrade question
>>
>> I currently have drbd on Debian Etch at version 8.0.7-1~bpo40+1 my 
>> apt-get tells me there is an upgrade to ....
>>
>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>>   drbd8-utils
>> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> Inst drbd8-utils [2:8.0.7-1~bpo40+1] (2:8.0.13-1~bpo40+1 Backports.org 
>> archive:etch-backports)
>> Conf drbd8-utils (2:8.0.13-1~bpo40+1 Backports.org archive:etch-backports)
>>     
>
> Hello Rob,
>
> I think you should use drbd8-source 8.0.13-1~bpo40+1 from backports.org too, to get the same version for the module and the utils. My installed drbd8 packages from backports.org on a Debian Etch amd64 are:
>
> #dpkg -l | grep drbd
> ii  drbd8-2.6.18-6-amd64              8.0.13-1~bpo40+1+2.6.18.dfsg.1-22etch2 RAID 1 over tcp/ip for Linux kernel module
> ii  drbd8-source                      8.0.13-1~bpo40+1                       RAID 1 over tcp/ip for Linux module source
> ii  drbd8-utils                       8.0.13-1~bpo40+1                       RAID 1 over tcp/ip for Linux utilities
>
>   
>> Can  upgrade with out any worries, or will i have to recompile the 
>> module, or anything else?
>>     
>
> If you use drbd8-source from backports.org then do after installation:
>
>   module-assistant a-i drbd8-source
>
> and a Debian package (in my case: drbd8-2.6.18-6-amd64) will compiled, packaged and installed. Afterwards you have the new drbd.ko v8.0.13.
>
> HTH and with best regards.
>   

Thanks for your quick replies guys.....  as for also getting the 
drbd8-source, if apt-get does not say there is an upgrade how do i 
install it via apt-get then??

I have this in my apt sources list
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free

I figure that would get everything??

Have a super day everyone!

Rob...