[Mailman-Users] upgrading Panther Server basic install 2.1.2 to 2.1.5

[Thomas Waters]

  I set up a text box to work on before touching the real machine. Clean  
install of Panther Server, created a few lists.downloaded 2.1.5.  And  
I'm happy to write up what I did atfer I'm successfully done.  But  
then, I'm stuck.  I guess I'm looking for step by step.

OK. v So I have the 2.1.5 folder on the desktop.  Do I want to use the  
terminal and mv to move the directory to the location of the existing  
directly? Will this overwrite everything in /usr/share/mailman? Then  
run bin/update?  Or do I use the terminal to run bin/update from on the  
desktop?


On Jun 29, 2004, at 12:14 PM, Brad Knowles wrote:

> At 12:00 PM -0400 2004-06-29, Thomas Waters wrote:
>
>>  1) there is nothing in the upgrading doc that specifically talks  
>> about
>>  2.1.2 -> 2.1.5. So, is the info for 2.1.4 -> 2.1.5 sufficient?
>
> 	It should be.
>
>>  2) On the Readme OS X- seems to speak to Jaquar and is out of
>>  date/not applicable to 10.3.x?
>
> 	Apple has not contributed their changes to Mailman back to the  
> project, nor have they contributed any documentation back to the  
> project about what they changed.  What is here is what people have  
> created on their own.
>
> 	So far as I know, all the people running Mailman on MacOS X are  
> either doing it from stuff they've installed themselves on Jaguar, or  
> they're using the Apple-bundled stuff on Panther Server.  I don't know  
> of anyone who has tried using the standard Mailman stuff on Panther  
> (as opposed to Panther Server).
>
> 	See  
> <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py? 
> req=show&file=faq01.021.htp>.
>
>
> 	Once you get your upgrade done, it would be nice if you could  
> contribute your experiences and knowledge back to the project, to try  
> to help fill this gap.
>
>>  3) In the Readme, under "create your first list" , the default  
>> location
>>  is listed as /usr/local/mailman.  On my server, it is  
>> usr/share/mailman.
>>  Should that be changed?
>
> 	It depends on what was done by the guy who originally installed it.   
> However, it seems plausible that all references to /usr/local/mailman  
> would need to be changed to /usr/share/mailman on your system.
>
>>  I don't have very many lists, and I'm need to delete all members and
>>  re-import list menmbers, so I'm happy to wipe it all clean and start
>>  from scratch if needed.
>
> 	The update over the stuff you have now should be relatively clean.   
> Should be.
>
>>  4) the dir, usr/share/mailman does not contain everything that I see  
>> in
>>  the 2.1.5 folder I downloaded.
>
> 	That's not a good sign.  Is there a directory named "mailman"  
> anywhere else on the system?
>
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>
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