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rperry@west.darkside.com (rperry) writes:

  [stuff about Waffle not working deleted]

> this were unsuccessful.  Finally, I had to retrieve my 1.64 password
> file (off an erased disk, no less) and convert _it_ to 1.65.

  This is exactly what you should have done in the first place and it is
in the upgrade documentation for Waffle.

> Is this a bug or what?  I'm surprised nobody noticed this yet, or
> am I just the victim of random chance?  Any suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated.

  It isn't a bug nor is it even an undocumented feature.  ;-) ;-)

  You didn't read the upgrade instructions carefully enough.  There is a
utility that will convert your v1.64 password file to the newer v1.65
format.  It's called CONVPW.EXE and works great when the exact instructions
are followed.  If memory serves me correctly, you also have to run SYSMAN
to create the proper password file indexes as well as MAKEBOX to convert
the 1.64 mail format to the newer mailbox format.

  Don't let the 1.65 version number fool you into thinking that this was
just a small upgrade - which it wasn't.  It was a ver *major* upgrade to
Waffle, and Tom just adds 1 to the preceeding version number rather than
mess with major and minor versions as others do.

  Back critical files up nightly - I copy mine to a directory on a different
partition for each of the BBS related apps I run here.

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