Upgrade a 2.0.39 server to 2.0.43 on Win2K. I am using: apache_2.0.43-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi When I run it, I get: "Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove Programs on the Control Panel." The error message is pretty obvious, but the product should not require me to uninstall my current version to install the new one. It means the user must copy off all configuration files, passwords, logs etc (hoping they dont miss any) then do the uninstall, the install and then reapply the configuration files. Sure hope any new config options dont get lost when I overwrite the new config files. The upgrade should happen in-place.
Enhancement request, not a bug. In fact, you don't need to anything but uninstall followed by reinstall. All of your web pages, config files, etc, will be preserved.
*** Bug 29892 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Could there at least be a .zip release for Win32, instead of only .msi releases?
No need; see msiexec /a :) Leaving open on the subject of the upgrade functionality, but need to find the bug this is a duplicate of and close it.
Even if the installer can't upgrade automatically, there should be an upgrade section in the documentation that describes this process.
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This is definitely no longer relevant since no one is packaging the MSI anymore.