NAME

       innupgrade - Upgrade INN configuration files

SYNOPSIS

       innupgrade directory

       innupgrade [-t type] -f file

DESCRIPTION

       innupgrade is intended to be run during a major upgrade of INN to fix the configuration files with any
       required changes.  If given a directory, it will scan that directory for any files that it has updates
       defined for, try to perform those updates, and replace the files with updated versions if applying the
       updates resulted in any changes.  The old versions of the files will be saved with a ".OLD" extension.

       If the -f flag is used, only that file will be updated.  If the file name doesn't match the standard file
       name of an INN configuration file, the optional -t flag may be given to specify the type.  See "EXAMPLES"
       for an example of this.

       Currently, innupgrade knows how to apply the following updates:

       inn.conf
         • Quote  values  with  whitespace  and  comment  out  keys  with  no values, required for the change in
           configuration parsers introduced in INN 2.4.  The new format is  not  backward  compatible  with  the
           previous  parser,  since  the  previous  parser  will  include  the double-quotes in the value of the
           parameter.

         • Add the hismethod parameter if not found (introduced in INN 2.4, with  the  default  value  "hisv6").
           Rename   nntpactsync   to   incominglogfrequency  (since  INN 2.5).   Rename  addnntppostingdate  and
           addnntppostinghost to respectively addinjectiondate and addinjectionpostinghost (since INN 2.6).

         • If  the  overview.fmt  file  exists,  its  content  is  merged  in  the  extraoverviewadvertised  and
           extraoverviewhidden parameters introduced in INN 2.5.  The file is then renamed to overview.fmt.OLD.

         • If  the  sasl.conf  file  exists,  its content is merged in the tlscapath, tlscafile, tlscertfile and
           tlskeyfile parameters introduced in INN 2.5.  The file is then renamed to sasl.conf.OLD.

       newsfeeds
         • Replace the use of startinnfeed with the appropriate direct invocation of innfeed or imapfeed.

       A few obsolete programs or configuration files  are  renamed  with  a  ".OLD"  extension  by  innupgrade.
       Obsolete man pages are directly removed.

       Normally,  innupgrade should be run at least on the pathetc directory after any upgrade of INN other than
       a patch release (any upgrade that  changes  the  first  or  second  version  numbers).   This  may  occur
       automatically during the upgrade process.

OPTIONS

       -f file
           Only act on file rather than working on an entire directory.

       -t type
           For  a  file specified with -f, parse it and upgrade it as if it were named type.  Used for upgrading
           files with the same syntax as normal INN configuration files but with different  names.   Only  makes
           sense in combination with -f.

EXAMPLES

       Upgrade  any  configuration  files  found  in  pathetc and append a ".OLD" extension to obsolete files in
       pathetc:

           innupgrade <pathetc in inn.conf>

       Upgrade only /news/etc/inn.conf:

           innupgrade -f /news/etc/inn.conf

       Upgrade a file named inn-special.conf that should have the same syntax as inn.conf:

           innupgrade -t inn.conf -f inn-special.conf

       Any upgrade rules that apply to inn.conf will be applied to the alternate file.

HISTORY

       Written by Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org> for InterNetNews.

       $Id: innupgrade.pod 9767 2014-12-07 21:13:43Z iulius $

INN 2.6.4                                          2015-09-12                                      INNUPGRADE(8)