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6 innupgrade - Upgrade INN configuration files
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9 innupgrade directory
10 innupgrade [-t type] -f file
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14 innupgrade is intended to be run during a major upgrade of INN to fix
15 the configuration files with any required changes. If given a
16 directory, it will scan that directory for any files that it has
17 updates defined for, try to perform those updates, and replace the
18 files with updated versions if applying the updates resulted in any
19 changes. The old versions of the files will be saved with a ".OLD"
20 extension.
21 If the -f flag is used, only that file will be updated. If the file
23 name doesn't match the standard file name of an INN configuration file,
24 the optional -t flag may be given to specify the type. See "EXAMPLES"
25 for an example of this.
26 Currently, innupgrade knows how to apply the following updates:
28 inn.conf
30 · Quote values with whitespace and comment out keys with no values,
31 required for the change in configuration parsers introduced in
32 INN 2.4. The new format is not backward compatible with the
33 previous parser, since the previous parser will include the double-
34 quotes in the value of the parameter.
35 · Add the hismethod parameter if not found (introduced in INN 2.4,
37 with the default value "hisv6"). Rename nntpactsync to
38 incominglogfrequency (since INN 2.5). Rename addnntppostingdate
39 and addnntppostinghost to respectively addinjectiondate and
40 addinjectionpostinghost (since INN 2.6).
41 · If the overview.fmt file exists, its content is merged in the
43 extraoverviewadvertised and extraoverviewhidden parameters
44 introduced in INN 2.5. The file is then renamed to
45 overview.fmt.OLD.
46 · If the sasl.conf file exists, its content is merged in the
48 tlscapath, tlscafile, tlscertfile and tlskeyfile parameters
49 introduced in INN 2.5. The file is then renamed to sasl.conf.OLD.
50 newsfeeds
52 · Replace the use of startinnfeed with the appropriate direct
53 invocation of innfeed or imapfeed.
54 A few obsolete programs or configuration files are renamed with a
56 ".OLD" extension by innupgrade. Obsolete man pages are directly
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58 Normally, innupgrade should be run at least on the pathetc directory
60 after any upgrade of INN other than a patch release (any upgrade that
61 changes the first or second version numbers). This may occur
62 automatically during the upgrade process.
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65 -f file
66 Only act on file rather than working on an entire directory.
67 -t type
69 For a file specified with -f, parse it and upgrade it as if it were
70 named type. Used for upgrading files with the same syntax as
71 normal INN configuration files but with different names. Only
72 makes sense in combination with -f.
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75 Upgrade any configuration files found in pathetc and append a ".OLD"
76 extension to obsolete files in pathetc:
77 innupgrade <pathetc in inn.conf>
79 Upgrade only /news/etc/inn.conf:
81 innupgrade -f /news/etc/inn.conf
83 Upgrade a file named inn-special.conf that should have the same syntax
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86 innupgrade -t inn.conf -f inn-special.conf
88 Any upgrade rules that apply to inn.conf will be applied to the
90 alternate file.
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93 Written by Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org> for InterNetNews.
94 $Id: innupgrade.pod 9767 2014-12-07 21:13:43Z iulius $
96INN 2.6.3 2015-09-12 INNUPGRADE(8)