> I was trying the same procedure here : upgrade problem 2.0.16 Berkeley > DB 3 to 2.2.12 Berkeley DB 4 > > I have used the ctl_mboxlist -d to dump the old db3 mailboxes.db file , > on the old machine . After a copy to the new > machine with 2.2.12 Berkeley DB 4, I did a ctl_mboxlist -u., and a new > mailboxes.db was created. > It was ok, running perfect. > > But I would like to convert Berkeley DB do skiplist, and when I did the > following, there was a problem : > > ./cvt_cyrusdb /cyrus/imap/mailboxes.db berkeley-nosync > /cyrus/imap/mailboxes.db.new skiplist
Can you try this ./cvt_cyrusdb /cyrus/imap/mailboxes.db berkeley /cyrus/imap/mailboxes.db.new skiplist > Converting from /cyrus/imap/mailboxes.db (berkeley-nosync) to > /cyrus/imap/mailboxes.db.new (skiplist) > fatal error: can't open old database <<<< > > Could anybody help me? If its working with DB4 why it can't read it? > > Thanks - Sandra > > > > > which Mika Iisakkila wrote: > >> Pascal Mouret wrote: >> >>> Has anybody got an idea ? Where did I go wrong ? Could it be a result >>> of >>> running version 2.2.12 cvt_cyrusdb while 2.0.16 is still up ? >> >> >> Running two different versions (or even having them present on the >> system) of BDB libraries is always somewhat a problem. Save yourself >> a lot of trouble and use Cyrus' utilities to dump the mailbox database >> into a text file (ctl_mboxlist -d) on the old system, then read the >> database back with ctl_mboxlist -u on the new installation. >> >> cvt_cyrusdb is used to convert between two different Cyrus database >> backends, not to upgrade a Berkeley database. >> >> --mika >> --- >> Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus >> Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu >> List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > > > > --- > Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > > --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html