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UPGRADING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SNEWS V1.91
======================================
UPGRADING FROM V1.08 THROUGH V1.90 TO V1.91 OR GREATER
======================================================
Commands shown are examples and may differ from the commands required on
your system.
1. Delete
- snews.exe
- unbatch.exe
- expire.exe
- addgroup.exe
- rmgroup.exe
2. Copy the above list of NEW .exe files from the distribution archive
to whereever the old ones were.
UNZIP SNEWS191 *.exe
3. Make a backup copy of your ACTIVE file in case something goes wrong
during this step.
COPY ACTIVE ACTIVE.BAK
Next, use a text editor to change the last column in the ACTIVE file.
All newsgroups appearing in your NG file should have "y" appearing last
on the line. All other newsgroups should have "n". At this stage, you
could change the moderated newsgroups to "m" instead of "n" for
compatibility with future versions of SNews.
Now, delete your NG file -- it is no longer required.
WARNING: be careful editing your ACTIVE file. Change only the letter
in the last column. Changing anything else could render your newsbase
unusable. News groups should be added with addgroup, which has new
options to set up moderated and non-postable groups.
4. Move your user.NRC file to your home directory and call it SNEWS.NRC
MOVE \uupc\news\user.NRC \user\SNEWS.NRC
or
COPY \uupc\news\user.NRC \user\SNEWS.NRC
DEL \uupc\news\user.NRC
5. Use a text editor to change the color lines in your uupc.rc file. The
old format looked like this:
color msgf blu
The new format is like this:
colormsgf=blu
6. Use of the environment variable UUPCUSRRC has been restored, so SNEWSRC
is now optional if UUPCUSRRC is valid.
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UPGRADING FROM V1.06 AND BELOW TO V1.08 OR GREATER
==================================================
1. Delete
- snews.exe
- unbatch.exe
- expire.exe
- addgroup.exe
- rmgroup.exe
- compress.exe
2. Delete your entire news database (sorry folks).
- delete all the article files
- delete all the directory tree.
3. Copy the above list of NEW .exe files from the distribution archive
to where ever the old ones were.
3a) When installing version 1.90 or greater of SNews, you must create
a SNEWSRC variable in DOS. This should be in the same format as
your UUPCUSRRC variable:
set SNEWSRC=E:\uupc\snews.rc
Now create a SNEWS.RC file. The easiest way is to copy the
PERSONAL.RC file to SNEWS.RC, then see the docs on how to
customise this file.
4. Rename your active file. You will be making a new one
REN ACTIVE ACTIVE.OLD
5. Copy the active file as a bat file.
COPY ACTIVE.OLD JUNK.BAT
6. Delete all the numbers etc to the right of the newsgroup names, should
look like:
alt.sources
alt.sources.d
nz.archives
7. Insert the string 'addgroup ' before each newsgroup name
addgroup alt.sources
addgroup alt.sources.d
addgroup nz.archives
8. Run the bat file to create the new active file
JUNK
9. Have a cup of tea, this take a few minutes. Check that the active
file looks like this:
alt.sources 87297268 00000000 00000000 y
alt.sources.d 87297275 00000000 00000000 y
alt.sources.index 87297281 00000000 00000000 y
alt.sources.patches 87297287 00000000 00000000 y
10. All should be go - try processing a newsbatch
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WARNING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
NEVER change the active file with and editor. Use 'addgroup' and rmgroup'
to maintain the active file.