Ivan Fetch wrote: > >Is it possible to copy list and archives data from a 2.1.9 Mailman >installation, to a 2.1.14 installation, and run bin/update to update data from >2.1.9 to 2.1.14? I assume bin/update will make any necessary changes to data >structures, from 2.1.9 to 2.1.14? >
Yes and no. If you just copy a lists/LISTNAME/config.pck from any 2.1.x or even (I think) from 2.0.x to a more recent installation, the first time the list is instantiated, mailman will automatically do any required updates. bin/update is designed for migrating an entire installation, not individual lists, and it normally won't do anything if run by hand in an existing installation. It does migration tasks other than updating the actual list config. For the archives, the recommended process is to first check and if necessary fix the archives/private/LISTNAME.mbox/LISTNAME.mbox files with bin/cleanarch and then move those mbox files only and build archives on the new host with bin/arch --wipe. It is possible to just move the archives/private/LISTNAME tree rather than running bin/arch --wipe as long as permissions are OK or fixed after the move, but you still need to move archives/private/LISTNAME.mbox/LISTNAME.mbox. You don't need to do anything with archives/public/LISTNAME as those symlinks will be created for lists with public archives when the list is first accessed. See the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/2oA9>. Also, if your MTA uses aliases, you may need to run bin/genaliases after the move and/or manually update aliases. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
