Issue 6471 - Include instructions on how to upgrade to a newer version of oo.
Summary: Include instructions on how to upgrade to a newer version of oo.
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: www (show other issues)
Version: current
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P3 Trivial with 1 vote (vote)
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Assignee: issues@documentation
QA Contact: issues@documentation
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Keywords: oooqa
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Reported: 2002-07-18 13:18 UTC by jkonecn
Modified: 2008-05-17 23:16 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description jkonecn 2002-07-18 13:18:33 UTC 
The installation instructions need to include information on how to properly upgrade an Open Office installation.  For example... Right now I 
would like to upgrade my windows net install to version 1.0.1 from 1.0.  Do I just install over the top of 1.0?  Do I need to rerun the client
setup on each workstation?  Will my users preferences be saved?
Comment 1 ingenstans 2002-10-22 17:54:09 UTC 
I believe that the install instrucitons mention that you can't upgrade -- ie that you 
need to install in a new directory. 

That's fine so far as it goes. But there should 
be a test in the install routine to see if another version exists. If there is an 
sversion(.ini|rc) that will tell you, and this must be tested for already. If there 
is one, the install routine should offer to copy over the user customisation files to 
the new installation. I think that almost all of them are in 
{userdir}\config\soffice.cfg
Comment 2 jkonecn 2002-10-22 19:04:51 UTC 
>I believe that the install instrucitons mention that you can't upgrade
> -- ie that you need to install in a new directory. 

I don't see that anywhere.  Maybe I missed it.

If that's true does it apply to the server setup?  The client setup?
Both?  If we are forced to install to a new directory on the server
that creates a lot of work with changing permissions, drive mappings,
quotas, etc.  Also how do we uninstall the old version of the client?
Comment 3 scarr 2003-02-26 04:48:43 UTC 
Shouldn't this be assigned to the Install component?  All I can do is
document the process.
Comment 4 scarr 2004-08-19 20:28:36 UTC 
This is fixed in later releases.  If you feel it is still a problem please
reopen this.
Comment 5 ace_dent 2008-05-17 21:13:53 UTC 
The Issue you raised has been marked as 'Resolved' and not updated within the
last 1 year+. I am therefore setting this issue to 'Verified' as the first step
towards Closing it. If you feel this is incorrect, please re-open the issue and
add any comments.

Many thanks,
Andrew
 
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Comment 6 ace_dent 2008-05-17 23:16:30 UTC 
As per previous posting: Verified -> Closed.
A Closed Issue is a Happy Issue (TM).

Regards,
Andrew