[Imap-uw] imap2000 directly to imap2004

[Marcelo Coelho Galeti - GMail]

Hello Mark,

First of all .. thanks by this fast help !!

I am 100% sure my version is the UW original and because of this I will go 
ahead with the upgrade.
Let me ask you more something:

If I
-find the imapd file,
-do a backup of this file,
-compile the new one
-ONLY REPLACE the old imapd with the new imapd
-restart inetd service

the imap2004 service will work properly ? and if necessary, I can use the 
imapd backuped file
to restore to an old enviroment ?

I mean .. the imapd file is the only thing I need to backup ? Not libraries, 
.conf files, other ?

Nice weekend,

Marcelo Galeti



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Crispin" <MRC at CAC.Washington.EDU>
To: "Marcelo Coelho Galeti - GMail" <mcgaleti at gmail.com>
Cc: <imap-uw at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Imap-uw] imap2000 directly to imap2004


> On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, Marcelo Coelho Galeti - GMail wrote:
>> There is some upgrade procedure or will I do a new installation ? If I 
>> can upgrade, can I go directly from 2000 to 2004 ? Is it possible to 
>> leave both version and only activate the 2004 when I am sure about the 
>> good installation ?
>
> As long as there are no modifications to your copy of 2000, upgrading to 
> the current version (2004f) is as straightforward as compiling the new 
> sources and replacing the imapd binary.
>
> If there are modifications to your copy of 2000, and you depend upon those 
> modifications, then you will have to copy those modifications to 2004f 
> first.  Problems may arise if your copy of the older version was modified 
> by a third party, and you don't know what those modifications are.
>
> Unless you have special needs, I recommend that you not run a modified 
> version, and instead run the unmodified distribution directly from UW. 
> That way, you can always upgrade easily without having to worry about 
> losing a modification.
>
> -- Mark --
>
> http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
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