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

[Thomas Waters]

Thanks Brad and Dan for your comments.

Mailman has worked really well for me, but as someone coming to Panther 
Server and Mailman from running a webstar server, it is a big jump- a 
BIG change.  Better docs to help the newbie/clueless would go a long 
way.  That said, the more I work in this "unix" environment, the easier 
it gets and the cooler it all seems.  But I still don't *think* unix 
enough to make it easy yet.  Anyway will give it a shot in the AM and 
see where I get to.

On Jun 29, 2004, at 7:18 PM, Brad Knowles wrote:

> 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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>
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