[PENNMUSH] Converting a Win32 Database over to Unix

[Ervin Hearn III]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 11:40:55AM -0800, K Moon wrote:
> 
> It might be a bad idea to upgrade from pl 7.  I would suggest trying to 
> import it into the newest version of 1.7.6 possible, then try importing 
> again with a clean tarball of 1.8.0 (which should be able to handle the DB 
> upgrade, haven't done it so I don't know why it wouldn't work right now).
> 
> 1.8 made some changes to make porting Win32 DBs easier; if you're going to 
> try it with 1.7.6, you'll have to become more familiar with weirdness like 
> the crypto system (SHS, which has been the default for some time, makes 
> this easier, though) and other Win32-isms I don't recall (I assume you're 
> already aware of possible line ending issues).
> 

This is a good suggestion, and not one I've personally tried. If it doesn't
work, my recommendation would be to take the Windoes 1.7.6 database, load
it in the 1.7.7p38 Win32 precompiled binary (assuming you don't have custom
hacks that affect the db), then load it in 1.8.0 binary, and finally move
the file to linux. You may be able to skip the 1.8.0 load on Windows, but
I included it just in case.

Good luck.

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