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Backups and upgrades. [message #19282]

Tue, 06 July 2004 19:53

mocara

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Hi.

If I make a Fud forum backup on my 2.6.1 installation and then install a newer version such as 2.6.4, can I then import my backups to that version? I'm looking for a seamless upgrade path Smile

Applying the upgrade to my install might be a bad idea as there have been quite a few edits in the meantime.

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Re: Backups and upgrades. [message #19284 is a reply to message #19282]

Tue, 06 July 2004 19:54

Ilia

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You can only do dump/import between identical versions.

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Re: Backups and upgrades. [message #19288 is a reply to message #19284]

Tue, 06 July 2004 20:01

mocara

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Okay thanks for that.

If I do a datadump, does it also dump all my src files? Which would mean that installing a fresh 2.6.1, loading the data and then doing an upgrade would leave the files just as messed pre upgrade as they are now?

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Re: Backups and upgrades. [message #19289 is a reply to message #19288]

Tue, 06 July 2004 20:17

mocara

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Thinking about it I know which files I've changed. I can get a fresh copy of 2.6.1 and replace the ones I've changed with the versions from it. The changed files are:

./src/postcheck.inc.t
./src/cookies.inc.t
./src/post.php.t
./src/mvthread.php.t
./src/root_index.php.t
./src/report.php.t
./src/mmod.php.t
./src/register.php.t
./src/ppost.php.t
./src/users.inc.t
./src/remail.php.t
./src/pmuserloc.php.t
./src/finduser.php.t
./thm/default/tmpl
./thm/default/tmpl/pmuserloc.tmpl
./thm/default/tmpl/finduser.tmpl
./thm/path_info/tmpl
./thm/path_info/tmpl/finduser.tmpl
./include/core.inc

I think previous to touching those tonight they all were default 2.6.1 files. Remind me not to play with patch files doing them by hand, it's just stupid. Rolling Eyes

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Re: Backups and upgrades. [message #19290 is a reply to message #19288]

Tue, 06 July 2004 20:18

Ilia

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Data dump dumps all forum files, including the ones inside src/

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Re: Backups and upgrades. [message #19291 is a reply to message #19290]

Tue, 06 July 2004 20:45

mocara

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Bummer

Oh, well, I wonder how many changes I'd made in those files since 2.6.1.

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Re: Backups and upgrades. [message #19292 is a reply to message #19291]

Tue, 06 July 2004 20:47

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Unless you made personal customization and not just patched from newer sources you won't have a problem.

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Re: Backups and upgrades. [message #19293 is a reply to message #19292]

Tue, 06 July 2004 20:49

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I made a few customizations around the path_info sections.

Still I'll install it on another machine, us a backup and see how it goes.

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Re: Backups and upgrades. [message #19294 is a reply to message #19282]

Tue, 06 July 2004 21:00

mocara

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One last question.

I've moved some backups in place. But I'm fairly certain that I'd made changes to post_proc.inc.t. The question is, if the upgrade comes accross a file that doesn't match it's diff file, what will the upgrade script do?

Actually that one appears to be a patch of yours I applied.

5c5
< * $Id: post_proc.inc.t,v 1.57 2004/03/20 21:03:42 hackie Exp $
---
> * $Id: post_proc.inc.t,v 1.56 2004/02/18 17:20:17 hackie Exp $

Smile

mocara.

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