Re: Re: Upgrading from 2.30 to 3.19b
By: Riba to alt.bbs.synchronet on Fri Jul 15 2022 02:02 pm
> From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
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> On Friday, July 15, 2022 at 10:20:23 PM UTC+3, Digital Man wrote:
> > You're right: it's not quite that simple. :-)
>
> > An install would overwrite your .cnf (configuratino) files in your ctrl
> > and you probably don't want to do that. Custom text/menu files would be
> > overwritten too.
>
> > I'd go through the various sbup*.zip files in
> > http://synchro.net/files/Main/SBBS_ARC/ and
> > http://synchro.net/files/Main/SBBS/(starting with sbup300c.zip)
>
> > And then finally (once you get to v3.19b), run 'jsexec update'.
>
> > Hopefully that works for you (make/keep backups) and if you run into any
> > problems, let us know and we'll help you out.
> Fantastic, thanks!
> I considered moving the subs, user db and custom menus/screens from old SBBS
> to fresh 3.19 install, but wasn't sure there haven't been any changes in the
> format of these files.
That method would mostly work too. Some of those sbup*.zip files contain readme'
s with important information, so I'd at least read those too.
> The route you proposed sounds much more sensible,
> I'll try it out and report back how it went.
Cool. As long as you're making/keeping backups along the way, there's nothing to
do lose.
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