I have an issue with the fragment "whether they are from contrib" - my > understanding at this point is that because of the way we package and > version contrib it should not be necessary to copy those shared object > files from the old to the new server (maybe, just maybe, with a > qualification that you are upgrading between two versions that were in > support during the same time period). >
Just to clarify. In no case are binaries copied from the old server to the new server. Whether from contrib or otherwise. Dave