[Mailman-Users] Problem moving 2.0 list to 2.1.5 [SOLVED]

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Mark Sapiro wrote:

> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Mark Sapiro wrote:
> >
> >> Did you run bin/update after moving the list directory?
> >
> >It wasn't clear from the UPGRADING readme that that step was necessary.
> >bin/update seems like it will update Mailman itself (which may not be
> >desirable).  Is it necessary for moving mailing lists?  What does it do
> >for 2.0-2.1 upgrades?
>
> bin/update converts data files, qfiles, list data, etc. as necessary to
> bring them from an older format to that of the current Mailman. If you
> have an installation and you upgrade the Mailman software, the update
> is run automatically as part of the upgrade. However, if you move an
> existing list that is in an old format to an already installed newer
> Mailman version (which is what I thought you did, but maybe not), I
> think you need to run bin/update to update the list files.
>
> If you moved to the new server and then upgraded to 2.1.5, then you
> don't need to run bin/update separately. If you installed 2.1.5 on the
> new server and then moved your lists from the old server, I think you
> do need to run bin/update.

Can bin/update be run to fix up the list files without risking updating
the software itself?

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		Matthew Saltzman

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