[Mailman-Users] upgrading Panther Server basic install 2.1.2 to 2.1.5

[Brad Knowles]

At 4:14 PM -0400 2004-06-29, Thomas Waters wrote:

>  OK. v So I have the 2.1.5 folder on the desktop.  Do I want to use the
>  terminal and mv to move the directory to the location of the existing
>  directly?

	No, you don't want to do that.

>             Will this overwrite everything in /usr/share/mailman? Then
>  run bin/update?  Or do I use the terminal to run bin/update from on
>  the desktop?

	Problem is, we don't know the specific options that Apple used 
when they built the previous version.  You could try using "make 
update" from Terminal at the top level of the Mailman folder, but 
you'd need to make sure to specify the correct target Folder.  That 
might also miss some other build options.  Unfortunately, Apple 
didn't document anything, so we're pretty much completely blind.

	To do this right, I fear that you're going to have to do a 
complete fresh install and then copy over selected data.  You may (or 
may not) be able to copy over the configuration files, so you may be 
forced to regenerate that information.


	This is a typical problem with any vendor pre-packaged version of 
a program.  Do you stick with the package version, which the vendor 
is responsible for making sure works, or do you install the current 
version from source?

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