X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=squirrelmail.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=UPGRADE;h=396c791413907447b578e353a85cbe3c1ec0bcef;hp=5be5a27d6b32cf58daf47da40702619497a68492;hb=7407e21d58d6f9b2063af1935b6ae7d42564313a;hpb=8462c8821b2cf11752c043fcedb59b483cf29a91 diff --git a/UPGRADE b/UPGRADE index 5be5a27d..396c7914 100644 --- a/UPGRADE +++ b/UPGRADE @@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ permissions in the directory. In this example, we assume that your httpd document directory is /home/httpd/html, that your SquirrelMail install is located at -/home/httpd/html/squirrelmail-0.4, and that your new SM version is 0.5. +/home/httpd/html/squirrelmail-1.0.6, and that your new SM version is 1.2.0. Substitute version numbers and names as required. $ cd /home/httpd/html - $ cp -Rp squirrelmail-0.4 squirrelmail-0.4.bak + $ cp -Rp squirrelmail-1.0.6 squirrelmail-1.0.6.bak 2. Unarchive new SquirrelMail @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Substitute version numbers and names as required. Make sure that you are in your httpd document directory (/home/httpd/html) and then unarchive the SquirrelMail archive (whatever the filename is): - $ tar -zxvf squirrelmail-0.5.tar.gz + $ tar -zxvf squirrelmail-1.2.0.tar.gz 3. Copy important files from old install @@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ The important files to copy are: A. Preferences -First, copy your preference data over to the new directory. Usually this is -ok, but if you are upgrading from to 1.0.5 or later from anything less than -1.0.5, we strongly suggest you let your users reset their preferences. -There were important security upgrades in 1.0.5 regarding preference files. +First, copy your preference data over to the new directory. Usually +this is ok, but if you are upgrading from anything less than 1.0.5, we +strongly suggest you let your users reset their preferences. There +were important security upgrades in 1.0.5 regarding preference files. - $ cp squirrelmail-0.4.bak/data/* squirrelmail-0.5/data + $ cp squirrelmail-1.0.6.bak/data/* squirrelmail-1.2.0/data B. Config details @@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ SquirrelMail. If you decide to copy your old config.php over, we strongly recommend that you run conf.pl to make sure things are correct and then save the config file. - $ cp squirrelmail-0.4.bak/config/config.php squirrelmail-0.5/config + $ cp squirrelmail-1.0.6.bak/config/config.php squirrelmail-1.2.0/config C. Copy plugins -Like SquirrelMail, plugins are fequently updated for improvements, as well +Like SquirrelMail, plugins are frequently updated for improvements, as well as to make them compatible with new SquirrelMail releases. It is suggested that you download a new plugins archive at the same time you download your SquirrelMail install, and that you install your plugins fresh (it's easy, @@ -77,15 +77,15 @@ or if you are lazy), you may do so. If you notice irregularities with the plugins under the new SquirrelMail, try installing new versions of the plugins. - $ cp -Rp squirrelmail-0.4.bak/plugins/* squirrelmail-0.5/plugins + $ cp -Rp squirrelmail-1.0.6.bak/plugins/* squirrelmail-1.2.0/plugins D. Copy themes If you've created or modified themes, you should copy just those to the new -SquirrelMail themes direcory. To just copy them all over to the new +SquirrelMail themes directory. To just copy them all over to the new SquirrelMail installation, you can run one command. - $ cp squirrelmail-0.4.bak/themes/* squirrelmail-0.5/themes/ + $ cp squirrelmail-1.0.6.bak/themes/* squirrelmail-1.2.0/themes/ (While you are at it, you should send them to us! We might add them to the themes in the standard install!) @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ The web server must have write permission to the data directory. In this example, we assume that user "nobody" and group "nobody" are the web server as is often the case with Apache. - $ cd squirrelmail-0.5 + $ cd squirrelmail-1.2.0 $ chown -R nobody.nobody data See INSTALL for alternate userid/groupid pairs. Additionally, if "chown @@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ Run config/conf.pl to see the new configuration options available with the new version, as well as to verify that all of your old options are set properly. +When you have migrated plugins from your old install to your new +install, or even use any plugins at all, you *must* run conf.pl and do +the following: + +A. Select "8" (Plugins) +B. Select "A" (Sanitize all plugins for use with Squirrelmail 1.2) + +This will make sure the plugins work more efficiently (and will +release you from any "cannot redeclare" error messages). 6. DONE! =========