Updating older machines??

[Aaron <spdracer america com>]

Hmmm I'm about to update a machine thats been running redhat 4.2 almost
2 years now.  The machine runs q-mail bind and ssh.  Thats it.  This
is a "production" machine which means I don't want it off line very much. 
Does any one have some advice as to updates, I want to update the
compiler, and libraries.  Then I will recompile qmail, bind and a 2.0.36
kernel. 

Any one know of any pit falls in my scheme??  
More Importantly which RPMS should I get??

I've installed several machines from scratch, and done some implemental
updates on various 5.0/5.1/5.2 machines, but have left this baby alone
because of the HORROR stories I've heard regarding 4.2 upgrades.


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