[Gluster-users] [Gluster-devel] release-3.6 end of life

[Diego Remolina]

Let me correct what I meant in my previous post a little bit, I know
that for different major versions, you need to change PPA:

So for 3.7
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gluster/glusterfs-3.7/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gluster/glusterfs-3.7/ubuntu trusty main

For 3.6
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gluster/glusterfs-3.6/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gluster/glusterfs-3.6/ubuntu trusty main

So changing between major versions works, change repo, then install.

My issue is trying to install a particular minor version, or after
doing an update to the latest minor version change, i.e. 3.6.5 to
3.6.9, trying to go back to an older release, if there is a problem
with the latest.

How does one do that in Ubuntu?

This shows 3.6.9 is available:

https://launchpad.net/~gluster/+archive/ubuntu/glusterfs-3.6/+packages

But nothing under 3.6.9 is there, or if it is how do I get those specific ones?

Say I need to go back to 3.6.7, I can locate:

https://launchpad.net/~gluster/+archive/ubuntu/glusterfs-3.6/+build/8350060

But no packages there.

Diego

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 5:57 AM, Diego Remolina <dijuremo at gmail.com> wrote:
> The issue is the PPA does not change and the moment a new version is
> released (even minor versions), the old packages are lost forever. Even if
> you go to the PPA itself, the binaries seem to be deleted there.
>
> apt-chache showpkg glusterfs only shows the latest version available, none
> of the older ones are displayed so that you can then downgrade.
>
> I am not sure if there is another way of doing this, but I have never
> managed to successfully find and install the older releases without manually
> obtaining the .deb files if I can find them.
>
> Diego
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2016 5:33 PM, "Lindsay Mathieson" <lindsay.mathieson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 19/08/2016 3:45 AM, Diego Remolina wrote:
>>>
>>> The one thing that still remains a mystery to me is how to downgrade
>>> glusterfs packages in Ubuntu. I have never been able to do that. There
>>> was also a post from someone about it recently on the list and I do
>>> not think it got any replies.
>>
>>
>> I would have assumed something like:
>>
>>
>> 1. stop volume(s)
>>
>> 2. if needed: reset gluster options not available is older version
>>
>> 3. if needed: downgrade op-version
>>
>> 4. stop all gluster daemons :)
>>
>> 5. sudo apt-get purge gluster*
>>
>> 6. sudo ppa-purge <gluster ppa>
>>
>> 7. Install older ppa.
>>
>> 8. install older gluster service
>>
>> 9. Start services
>>
>> 10. check peers and status
>>
>> 11. start volume
>>
>> 12. test
>>
>>
>> if 2) and 3) can't be done then I presume you can't downgrade.
>>
>> --
>> Lindsay Mathieson
>>
>