On Sep 30, 2005, at 10:41 AM, Dan Wheeler wrote:

> Michael,
>
> Thanks for the excellent explanation.
>
> But, of course, it leads to more questions.
>
> Michael Shannon wrote:
>
>
>> When moving LISTSERV from one computer to another, it's quite safe to
>> simply pick up the files from the old machine and put them on the new
>> machine.  HOWEVER, in the case of a version upgrade as well, if
>> you were to
>> move *any* template files from a pre-14.3 installation to a new
>> 14.3 or
>> 14.4 installation, LISTSERV will get itself into all sorts of strife.
>> You'll see many error messages in the system log to the effect of
>> 'Can't
>> find the XXX_XXX template', etc.
>>
>
> The implication of this is that it is safe to move the list and
> archive files, but not the templates, across versions. My specific
> situation is this: I'm moving from 14.3 on one machine to 14.4 on a
> new machines with a different OS. We have *no* modified templates.
>
> My plan was to install 14.3 on the new machine, move the list files
> and the archive files from the old machine to the new machine, and
> then upgrade the new machine to 14.4. It would certainly be easier
> if I could start by installing 14.4 on the new machine and then
> move the files from the 14.3 system. Will this work?
>
> You may remember from earlier discussion here that I've already
> been through this once. I installed 14.3 on the new machine, moved
> files, and then upgraded to 14.4. But I had trouble with the
> upgrade; not all the new files got upgraded properly. Now I'm in
> the planning phase for the upgrade of a completely different system.

What about the .signup files? Are you going to move those two? The
decision on how to handle .signup files depends on the OS you are
moving to and from.