> The right thing to do is to uninstall your new version of OVS. Recompile it > with the same configure options used for your earlier version and install it.
Ok. What steps need to be followed for uninstalling any OVS version? I didn't see any on GitHub. Cheers, R > On Mar 30, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Guru Shetty <g...@ovn.org> wrote: > > > >> On 30 March 2016 at 05:51, Richa <ric...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> Hi Guru, >> >> Thanks. Please see inline, >> >> 1. >>> The difference is usually the options provided to ./configure. When you >>> install OVS via 'yum install' or 'apt-get install', etc the configure >>> options are usually: >>> ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc >>> --enable-ssl >> >> >> Aaah, ok. If my memory serves me right, then I used >> >> ./configure --with-linux=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build >> >> Is this where the problem lies in? > > Probably. It depends on how you installed your first version and what > configure options were used for that. > >> >> 2. >>> But if you follow INSTALL.md, it asks you to choose how you want to >>> configure it, but many people doing it as a one off thing, ignore the >>> subtleties involved. >> >> Yeah, Likely. Could you please point out what ./configure option I should >> have used while upgrading? > It depends on how you installed your first version and what configure options > were used for that. > > >> >> I wish the section about upgrading in INSTALL.md spelled out the subtleties >> involved (with ./configure options etc.) in step 2 versus just "Install the >> new Open vSwitch release." >> >> 3. Also, are there any particular steps to remove the previous OVS version >> (once upgrade succeeded) ? > The right thing to do is to uninstall your new version of OVS. Recompile it > with the same configure options used for your earlier version and install it. > > > >> >> Cheers, >> Rajiv >> >>> On Mar 29, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Guru Shetty <g...@ovn.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 28 March 2016 at 18:42, Richa <ric...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >>>> Hi Guru, >>>> >>>> Thanks for quick reply. Yes, you guessed it right - I do have ovs2.4.0 and >>>> 2.5.0. >>>> >>>> I expected new version to take over, as I followed the "upgrading" steps >>>> described here - >>>> >>>> https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/master/INSTALL.md >>>> >>>> I guess I must have missed something in those steps. >>> The difference is usually the options provided to ./configure. When you >>> install OVS via 'yum install' or 'apt-get install', etc the configure >>> options are usually: >>> ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc >>> --enable-ssl >>> >>> But if you follow INSTALL.md, it asks you to choose how you want to >>> configure it, but many people doing it as a one off thing, ignore the >>> subtleties involved. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> R >>>> >>>>> On Mar 28, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Guru Shetty <g...@ovn.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 27 March 2016 at 21:52, Richa <ric...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I upgraded OVS from 2.4.0 to 2.5.0 following the FAQ, but ended up with >>>>>> this confusing state. Is it a bug or installation issue? >>>>>> >>>>>> Would appreciate any help. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> RI@NRVPerf:~$ sudo ovs-vsctl show | grep version >>>>>> ovs_version: "2.4.0" >>>>>> RI@NRVPerf:~$ >>>>>> RI@NRVPerf:~$ ovs-vsctl --version >>>>>> ovs-vsctl (Open vSwitch) 2.5.0 >>>>>> Compiled Mar 26 2016 04:33:59 >>>>>> DB Schema 7.12.1 >>>>>> RI@NRVPerf:~$ >>>>> >>>>> You are running one command as 'sudo' and another without it. So my >>>>> educated guess is that you have 2 different version of ovs installed on >>>>> the same machine. >>>>> >>>>> What does find / -name ovs-vsctl say? Does it give 2 copies. If that is >>>>> the case, you will have to uninstall one of them. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> R >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> discuss mailing list >>>>>> discuss@openvswitch.org >>>>>> http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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