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Topic: Upgrading packages on system

==== Required information ====
- iRedMail version (check /etc/iredmail-release): 0.9.2
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: Debian 8
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL): MySQL
- Web server (Apache or Nginx): Apache
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Hi!

I'm just wondering, when new security fixes come out for example apache, mysql, postfix, dovecot...what have you. Updating those packages is safe? I mean, iRedMail will not stop functioning because of those fixes?
Just wondering.

Cheers

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2 Reply by 7t3chguy

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Re: Upgrading packages on system

You are safe to update things, apt-get upgrade will 99% of the time not break anything, only if a package changes it's config structure, which sometimes happens with apt-get dist-upgrade

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