Upgrading INN from Ver 2.1 to Ver 2.2.2

[Russ Allbery]

Bhangui S <Bhangui_S at bls.gov> writes:

> 	Running INN Ver 2.1 on a Solaris 2.6 Box. Need to upgrade it to the
> latest version. (either 2.2.2 or 2.3) had couple of questions regarding
> upgrade.

> *	Is there a graceful way to upgrade so that the software will take
> care o everything? If so what is the procedure? Is the procedure explained
> in the readme file which comes along with the software. In my first reading
> I could not find anything on upgrading but I may have missed it?

> *	Or do I have to remove the old version completely from the system
> and install the new version? (I am sure there should be way to upgrade to a
> higher Rev level)

Since upgrading to either 2.2 or 2.3 (which should be out before too much
longer) requires a history rebuild, and an overview rebuild for 2.3 or for
2.2 with the storage API, there isn't any simple way to do it.  There are,
however, some basic instructions in the INN 2.3 NEWS file.  Additional
suggestions are always welcome.

Minor updates (such as 2.2.1 to 2.2.2) can be done with "make update" and
then some quick checking of configuration files.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>