cvt_cyrusdb before upgrade

[Kevin Kobb]

On 4/22/2011 12:05 PM, Simon Matter wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I am looking at upgrading from Cyrus 2.3.16 to 2.4.8. If I convert all
>> the dbs from berkeley to skiplist before hand, is there any need to even
>> build 2.4.8 with berkeley db support? (Using FreeBSD ports)
>>
>> I know 2.4.8 will automatically update the dbs, but I figure if I did it
>> before hand, I could remove one more dependency from my system.
>>
>> If so, is there any special trick to running cvt_cyrusdb, or do I just
>> shut things down and run it as the cyrus user?
>
> There is no special trick, at least not one I remember. Just to be sure I
> suggest to backup the whole configdirectory firtst.
>
> Simon
>
OK, I will give it a try this weekend.

Thanks.