I am in the process of upgrading Synchronet from 3.15a to 3.16c on a debian box. I have installed all of the prereq packages. I have been reading the install page on the wiki. Is following these instructions the best way to *upgrade* an existing system, or is there a better way?

I want to be sure I am not going to lose anything by
accidentally/purposefully doing what may be a fresh install. :)

Thanks!

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Re: Upgrading Synchronet *nix
By: Dumas Walker to ALL on Sat Sep 30 2017 08:54 pm

I am in the process of upgrading Synchronet from 3.15a to 3.16c on a debian box. I have installed all of the prereq packages. I have been reading the install page on the wiki. Is following these instructions the best way to *upgrade* an existing system, or is there a better way?

I want to be sure I am not going to lose anything by accidentally/purposefully doing what may be a fresh install. :)

just backup first. do a fresh install and copy all your data and config files over.
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Re: Upgrading Synchronet *nix
By: Dumas Walker to ALL on Sat Sep 30 2017 08:54 pm

I am in the process of upgrading Synchronet from 3.15a to 3.16c on a debian box. I have installed all of the prereq packages. I have been reading the install page on the wiki. Is following these instructions the best way to *upgrade* an existing system, or is there a better way?

I'm not sure which instructions you're referring to. The default instructions at http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix will install the latest development version (3.17a, not v3.16c).

I want to be sure I am not going to lose anything by accidentally/purposefully doing what may be a fresh install. :)

You'll want to preserve your files in your Synchronet "ctrl" and "data" dirs/sub-dirs and possibly anything you modified in "exec".

digital man

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I'm not sure which instructions you're referring to. The default instructions at http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix will install the latest development version (3.17a, not v3.16c).

Actually, you do have a note in there about forcing it to use the latest
stable version which, per what the instructions say, is 3.16c. If 3.17a is
now stable, I will not use that switch.

You'll want to preserve your files in your Synchronet "ctrl" and "data" dirs/sub-dirs and possibly anything you modified in "exec".

Will do, thanks! I have the whole thing backed up in a couple of places so
I should be good there.

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Re: Upgrading Synchronet *nix
By: Dumas Walker to DIGITAL MAN on Sun Oct 01 2017 09:46 am

I'm not sure which instructions you're referring to. The default instructions at http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix will install the latest development version (3.17a, not v3.16c).

Actually, you do have a note in there about forcing it to use the latest stable version which, per what the instructions say, is 3.16c. If 3.17a is now stable, I will not use that switch.

I think there are more sysops using v3.17 than v3.16 today, but I haven't quantified that. "stable" is a relative term, so I try not to use it.

digital man

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