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I added south in my installed apps so that I can do schemamigrations. I then added

django.contrib.admin

and

django.contrib.flatpages

to the installed apps. Now, normally I would just do

python manage.py syncdb

but is that the correct way to do it after installing south? Here (http://south.readthedocs.org/en/latest/commands.html#syncdb) it says

'South overrides the Django syncdb command; as well as changing the output to show apps delineated by their migration status, it also makes syncdb only work on a subset of the apps - those without migrations.'

but I don't fully understand it. If it overrides the Django syncdb command, then what would be the best way for me to sync 

django.contrib.admin

and 

django.contrib.flatpages

?

SilentDev
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You have to explicitly convert any of your INSTALLED_APPS to use South.

After installing South you can still do python manage.py syncdb to sync any apps that aren't using South (such as Flatpages)

To convert an app:
http://south.readthedocs.org/en/latest/convertinganapp.html

Anentropic
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  • Ah okay so what I would do is first 'python manage.py syncdb' and then 'python manage.py convert_to_south django.contrib.followed by 'python manage.py convert_to_south django.contrib.flatpages'? – SilentDev Dec 24 '13 at 14:56
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    yes, except I wouldn't usually convert the `django.contrib` apps to South... you'd typically use it on your own apps where you are changing the schema as development progresses – Anentropic Dec 25 '13 at 19:30