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Hello there, I'm a mere 'common user' with very little in the way of computer skills. So, for me, when an update includes some manual assistance, I find myself at a loss. I'm unsure about where to find the messages included with the updates, and equally unconfident about installing them correctly once located. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You could use urpmi to install updates, as it won't ask for any manual assistance compared to the update applet.
The messages shown during updates are usually contained in a README file.

After installation you can still find and view those, and in doubt you can ask here.
For apache that would be /usr/share/doc/apache/README.update.urpmi

Important package setup changes

Starting with new version 2.4, multiple upstream and packaging changes in
file setup will requires manual intervention after upgrade to migrate
configuration:
- modules files are now located under /usr/lib64/httpd/modules, instead of
/usr/lib64/apache/modules, but the relative path from apache base directory
%didn't change
- all LoadModule directives are now located in files located under
/etc/httpd/conf/modules.d, and are likely to duplicate directives previously
located in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
- /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf now contains only core directives, many other are now
located in various files under /etc/httpd/conf/conf.d
- additional upstream changes documented here:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html

Although that only applies for an update to apache 2.4, which is in place for quite some time already.

For rpmdrake I don't know what messages you mean.

What assistance in particular do you require currently. Do apache and rpmdrake work as expected after the updates? Then everything is good.

Thank you Doktor. Once I knew where to look, I found that the Rpmdrake upgrade was simple enough that even I could do it (embarrassingly so). This was my main concern, as I had several updates pending. I will use urpmi in future, thank you for this suggestion as well.
The apache upgrade is the one you've posted/quoted. Is this for advanced users only, or am I required to do something? As far as I know, everything is working as it should.
So, I thank you once again. You sir, are a wellspring of information.

tunedogg wrote: The apache upgrade is the one you've posted/quoted. Is this for advanced users only, or am I required to do something? As far as I know, everything is working as it should.

Then it does not apply to you. This is mainly intended for upgrades from older Mageia releases - in particular from Mageia 2 to Mageia 3 the switch from apache 2.2 to apache 2.4 took place.
If you started with Mageia 3 or later this does not apply for you.

Very much appreciated. Learning slowly but surely.

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