Subj : Re: Upgrading from 2.30 to 3.19b
To   : Riba
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jul 15 2022 15:40:50

  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
 >
 > 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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