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+NAME="upgrading">5.8. Upgrading to New Releases</H1
+><P
+>A plain Bugzilla is fairly easy to upgrade from one version to a
+ newer one. Always read the release notes to see if there are any issues
+ that you might need to take note of. It is recommended that you take a
+ backup of your database and your entire Bugzilla installation before attempting an
+ upgrade. You can upgrade a 'clean' installation by untarring a new
+ tarball over the old installation. If you are upgrading from 2.12 or
+ later, and have cvs installed, you can type <TT
+CLASS="filename"
+>cvs -z3 update</TT
+>,
+ and resolve conflicts if there are any.
+ </P
+><P
+>However, things get a bit more complicated if you've made
+ changes to Bugzilla's code. In this case, you may have to re-make or
+ reapply those changes. One good method is to take a diff of your customised
+ version against the original, so you can survey all that you've changed.
+ Hopefully, templatisation will reduce the need for
+ this in the future.</P
+><P
+>From version 2.8 onwards, Bugzilla databases can be automatically
+ carried forward during an upgrade. However, because the developers of
+ Bugzilla are constantly adding new
+ tables, columns and fields, you'll probably get SQL errors if you just
+ update the code and attempt to use Bugzilla. Always run the
+ <TT
+CLASS="filename"
+>checksetup.pl</TT
+>
+ script whenever you upgrade your installation.</P
+><P
+>If you are running Bugzilla version 2.8 or lower, and wish to
+ upgrade to the latest version, please consult the file,
+ "UPGRADING-pre-2.8" in the Bugzilla root directory after untarring the
+ archive.</P
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