On 6/9/23 10:53, Jeffrey Westgate wrote:

I've done my best to 'match' the created file systems during the config/make 
phases, but their distribution between /usr/lib/ and /var/lib are different, 
and I'm wondering if I've missed something, or if I can just press forward with 
rsyncing the old to the new regardless of where they now lie, as long as the 
contents are correct.

What I mean is:
...

I couldn't decipher that, but

so, it should work as long as old 'data' goes to new 'data', old 'qfiles' goes 
to new 'qfiles'... correct?

No. You only want to rsync the /directories in the new /var/lib/mailman directory. You do not want to rsync the /usr/lib/mailman directories as that will reinstall your Mailman 2.1.20. I.e., the only directories to move are archives, data, lists, locks, logs, qfiles and spam. Also, if your old server is shut down, locks and qfiles should be empty.

You also need to move the old Mailman/mm_cfg.py to /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py, but nothing else from the Mailman directory.

Presumably you've run `make install` on the new server, but after you rsync the old directories, you should run `make update` or simply run `/usr/lib/mailman/bin/update to make any 2.1.20 -> 2.1.39 adjustments to the list configs.

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