Subj : Mystic upgrade confusion
To   : All
From : DustCouncil
Date : Fri Jul 02 2021 04:59 pm

I was able to find the new A47.  I have never upgraded Mystic before and am
confused by a few things.

In the upgrade.txt file, it says:

 2. There is no automatic upgrade process.  The process is to install the full
    installation to a temporary directory, so that you have access to the
    latest version of the files.  Then follow the upgrade instructions
    provided
    below for your specific version.  Usually this just means replacing new
    binary files contained in the new alpha.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO INSTALL OVER
    YOUR EXISTING SETUP

I am running Linux and upgrading from A46.  In the instructions on how to do
this, there's no indication I can see of what binary files to copy over in
that list.  Everything in the main mystic dir?

There is also an upgrade executable which seems to update DAT files.  There's
no reference to this one in the upgrade instructions either.

I have unrar'd the A47 into a temporary diectory.  My understanding is I
should do a fresh install of this to a temporary directory, then copy some
files over, and then do the checklist of other upgrades.  My question is
which files should I copy over?  Is there some kind of glob I should use to
know which ones, or is it basically everyting in the /mystic directory?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: Shipwrecks & Shibboleths [San Francisco, CA - USA] (21:1/227)

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