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[Olivier Salaun - CRU <address@concealed>]

As mentionned at the beginning of the NEWS file :
> *****    Changes which are not compatible with previous
> versions are
> *****    listed using "*****"in the margin. Please check this at least.
When running the "make install", Sympa will extract the relevant *****
entries from the NEWS file (depending on your current release) and will
prompt these uncompatible changes.

Assuming you are running a 3.4.4.3 version, here is a list of what you
be carefull with :
> *****    Change 'cas' entries format in auth.conf :
> *****        host         => base_url
> *****        login_uri     => login_path
> *****        check_uri    => service_validate_path
> *****        logout_uri    => logout_path
>   
> *****     New 'user_attributes' field in the 'subscriber_table' 
> *****     If you are using MySQL, Sympa.pl will change the database
> structure 
> *****     at startup. If using Pg, Oracle or Sybase you should ALTER
> the table
> *****     structure according to the provided create_db.x scripts.
>   
> *****    auth.conf format has changed ; if you had a previous auth.conf
> file you 
> *****    should change it according to the new format
>   
> *****    You should update your database structure based on the
> create_db.xxx scripts
> *****    unless you are using MySQL (Sympa tries to update the database
> automatically at startup)
>   
> ***** 'port' parameter no more supported in include_ldap_query
> paragraphs
>   
> ***** If you are upgrading from    a previous Sympa version, you should
> update 
> ***** your sympa DB as    follows : 
> ***** ALTER TABLE subscriber_table CHANGE date_subscriber timestamp
> with time zone NOT NULL; 
> ***** ALTER TABLE subscriber_table CHANGE update_subscriber timestamp
> with time zone;
>   
>   

Stefan Hornburg wrote:

I didn't found documentation about upgrading from Sympa 3 to Sympa 4.
Has anyone something handy ? 

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Olivier Salaun
Comite Reseau des Universites