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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

3691.0. "VMS V5.4-1 and DECW V3 Upgrade" by HPSCAD::MAYER (The Ducks are coming home to roost!) Mon Nov 19 1990 18:25

	Can anyone tell me in which order I should perform an upgrade to my
  system?  I'm currently running VMS V5.4 and DECW V2 and I wnat to upgrade to
  VMS V5.4-1 and DECW V3. 

	Should I upgrade VMS first and then DECWindows or DECWnmidows and then
  VMAS?  Or doesn't it matter?

		Danny

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3691.1		LESLIE::LESLIE	After enlightenment, do the laundry	`Tue Nov 20 1990 01:28`	5
	Applying the KISS principle, upgrade VMS, then decwindows v3. Otherwise it all gets confusing around which files you want etc. /andy/
3691.2	Watch that version number...	MANTA::SIMON	SSB is boring...Give me FT kits!!	`Tue Nov 20 1990 08:16`	5
	And when you install v3, it might be worthwhile set DECW$IGNORE_VERSION to TRUE as I think the KITINSTAL looks for version 5.4 only... Simon.
3691.3	T'ain't necessary	NECSC::LEVY	Closer to fine	`Tue Nov 20 1990 11:53`	7
	>And when you install v3, it might be worthwhile set DECW$IGNORE_VERSION to TRUE >as I think the KITINSTAL looks for version 5.4 only... I did not set this and had no problems installing the V3 kit on V5.4-1 (after I found enough disk space!). - Dave
3691.4		HPSCAD::MAYER	The Ducks are coming home to roost!	`Tue Nov 20 1990 12:03`	5
	Andy, The reason I asked was that I was not sure if VMS 5.4-1 installs new versions of any of the DECwindows images, in which case order of installation would be important. Yes, I was expecting to go to VMS V5.4-1 before I did DECWindows V3.
3691.5	In reverse??	WELMTS::CRIDDLE		`Tue Nov 20 1990 14:02`	9
	Hi... So, the best way is to do VMS then DECwindows.... Will it work the other way round?? Rgds, Graham
3691.6		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Tue Nov 20 1990 14:19`	4
	The V5.4-1 update appears to modify only one DECwindows file, but I agree that the safest thing is to do the VMS installation first. Steve