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    1 readme.upgrade file for WeBWorK version 1.8, 10/7/02
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    5 1. Read the readme.install file and download the *.tar.gz files.
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    7 2. Courses running under WeBWorK 1.5 or later will run without change under
    8 WeBWorK 1.8.
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   10 3. If you don't want to keep a version of your current WeBWorK system
   11 active, you can remove the system directory (and all its subdirectories)
   12 and start over with the new installation.  We strongly recommend that
   13 you keep a copy of your old system even if you do not make the changes
   14 outlined in step 4 below.
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   16 4. If you want to maintain an active version of your current system, do
   17 the following:
   18 a. Move the system directory to a new directory old_system (mv system old_system)
   19 b. In old_system/Global.pm edit the items: $cgiWebworkURL, $htmlWebworkURL,
   20 and $mainDirectory.  In these items, replace "system" by "old_system".
   21 c. In you webserver's htdocs and cgi-bin directories (or configuration
   22 files), create new links for $cgiWebworkURL and $htmlWebworkURL (just
   23 copy your current setup replacing "system" by "old_system" in the links
   24 or cgi aliases).
   25 d. To get a course (e.g. mth140a) to use the old_system, edit the course's
   26 index.html file (.../courses/mth140a/html/index.html) changing the line
   27  <FORM ACTION= "/cgi-bin/webwork/system/login.pl" METHOD="POST">
   28 to
   29  <FORM ACTION= "/cgi-bin/webwork/old_system/login.pl" METHOD="POST">
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   31 5. To install the new system, follow the instructions in readme.install
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   34 Mike Gage and Arnie Pizer