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Upgrading
Posted on: March 24, 2000, 11:20 p.m.
Notes for upgrading Home Free to recent versions.
If you are installing Home Free from for the first time, please go here
Upgrading Home Free is usually as easy as uploading the new files over the old.
First thing to note is that you should never upload the new variables.pl over the variables.pl on your server, as this file hold all the configuration variables for Home Free. variables.pl will always be both forward and back compatible with different versions of Home Free.
Version 3.2+ is almost a total rewrite of Home Free and contains many more files than before. It may take a few more minutes to upgrade, but your server will thank you. More files mean less lines of code per file... so its easier for the server to process them.
Unzip the Home Free zip. Check to make sure the path to perl on the top of all .cgi files match what you are using on your server. Check anything else you might have changed, and make sure your ready to upload in ASCII.
Next check the Home Free Change Log to see what files have changed in new version compared to your current version. All changed files should be uploaded over the old files. (If you want to be on the safe side, upload all the files besides variables.pl)
Very Important - Read Carefully
Find which dblib.pl file is for you. dblib.pl comes as the dbm module as default, pre 3.12 users should use this one. Users upgrading from 3.12 or higher should rename dblib_text.pl to dblib.pl
All that is needed to do is upload the new files from the zip directly over the files on your server. File permissions should remain the same, but it is always good to double check.
Finally log into your admin section and configure any new features. And also do a quick scan of the other cgis to make sure they are working properly.
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