[rt-users] Change $rtname gracefully?

[Kai 'wusel' Siering]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Is it possible to change the site $rtname to something new and continue
> to accept replies to old tickets?  Even domain names aren't always
> correct forever...

Just hack "ParseTicketId" in lib/RT/EmailParser.pm like this:

*** ./lib/RT/EmailParser.pm~    2004-06-15 02:08:15.000000000 +0200
--- ./lib/RT/EmailParser.pm     2004-08-23 18:58:47.000000000 +0200
***************
*** 332,337 ****
--- 332,342 ----
           $RT::Logger->debug("Found a ticket ID. It's $id");
           return ($id);
       }
+     elsif ($Subject =~ s/\[OldName \#(\d+)\]//i) {
+       my $id = $1;
+       $RT::Logger->debug("Found an old (OldName) ticket ID. It's $id");
+       return ($id);
+     }
       else {
           return (undef);
       }


We used it when moving to RT3 from RT2; we previously used a special
name (abbrev. of organisational unit) and now are using our domain
name instead as $rtname.

Well, it worked for us (RT3 was installed with the new $rtname, we
only had to take care of still circulatiing tickets opened previou-
sly in RT2), your mileage may vary on a running installation.
			kai

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