"+Alan Hicks+" <alan@lizella.netWORK> wrote in message
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> On 2006-10-30, Lee <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>> The server is running Slackware 8 that was patched fairly
>> regularly early on but has not been kept up to date recently.
>>...
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>> How can I do this with the minimum disruption?
>
> Well you've definitely got a job ahead of you. Package updates for 8.0
> haven't been put out for awhile, but there are a ton of updates for
> 8.1. You may be able to intall these packages on your 8.0 box, ut it'll
> be hit or miss. Mostly, you should look at grabbing the source code
> for the latest versions of any vulnerable apps you have running, and
> compile them into packages using the SlackBuild scripts for 8.0 if they
> are available.
>
> Honestly, this task may be a bit above you right now, but what can it
> hurt to try?
>

You are correct. However, what choice to I have? I am loath to spend money
renting a new server and trying to transfer all the data (and many years of
tweaking config) onto that. It would probably take me months.

I assume that there isn't some magic equivalent of dist-upgrade?

L