* Upgrading from 5.10.7 to Gnus CVS
@ 2005-03-19 0:51 Neil Woods
2005-03-21 13:13 ` Reiner Steib
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From: Neil Woods @ 2005-03-19 0:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
I recently installed Gnus CVS (No Gnus 0.3) on one of my machines on my
local network. It was a new installation, and everything works fine.
I would like to now upgrade to Gnus CVS on the machine I am currently
using. I have read the GNUS-NEWS file and it mentions that downgrading
is generally unsafe, so obviously I want to make sure the upgrade
succeeds.
I am currently using the latest Gnus, from Debian unstable.
Are there any caveats I should be aware of before the upgrade?
Should I remove my ~/.newsrc.eld file before proceeding?
Thanks for any advice.
--
Neil
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* Re: Upgrading from 5.10.7 to Gnus CVS
2005-03-19 0:51 Upgrading from 5.10.7 to Gnus CVS Neil Woods
@ 2005-03-21 13:13 ` Reiner Steib
2005-03-22 13:11 ` Neil Woods
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Reiner Steib @ 2005-03-21 13:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Sat, Mar 19 2005, Neil Woods wrote:
> I recently installed Gnus CVS (No Gnus 0.3) on one of my machines on my
> local network. It was a new installation, and everything works fine.
>
> I would like to now upgrade to Gnus CVS on the machine I am currently
> using. I have read the GNUS-NEWS file and it mentions that downgrading
> is generally unsafe, so obviously I want to make sure the upgrade
> succeeds.
The developers cannot guarantee that downgrading works. For
upgrading, there are conversion functions based on the old and new
Gnus version numbers.
> I am currently using the latest Gnus, from Debian unstable.
>
> Are there any caveats I should be aware of before the upgrade?
>
> Should I remove my ~/.newsrc.eld file before proceeding?
No.
If your mail/news data are important in some way, you should make a
backup of .newsrc*, Mail/ and News/ before upgrading.
Personally, I wouldn't expect any major problems when switching from
Oort Gnus (5.10.*) to No Gnus and back.
Bye, Reiner.
--
"Beta version" is like a restaurant menu without prices. If you have to ask,
you can't afford it.
-- Stephen J. Turnbull in <87hdvxrfxr.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>
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2005-03-21 13:13 ` Reiner Steib
@ 2005-03-22 13:11 ` Neil Woods
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From: Neil Woods @ 2005-03-22 13:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
Reiner Steib <reinersteib+from-uce@imap.cc> writes:
> If your mail/news data are important in some way, you should make a
> backup of .newsrc*, Mail/ and News/ before upgrading.
>
> Personally, I wouldn't expect any major problems when switching from
> Oort Gnus (5.10.*) to No Gnus and back.
Many thanks for your comments. As can be seen from the headers, upgrade
successful without any apparent problems.
Thanks again.
--
Neil
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