Hi all,
I am upgrading a phpwiki installation from 1.3.10 to 1.3.11p1. I am
reading the upgrade instructions, and I am missing something.
Here is the begining of the upgrade file:
> To migrate to a new phpwiki installation you have to backup your old pages
> (best via a zip dump), configure your new installation, and restore the old
> pages in PhpWikiAdministration. Or just upgrade your configuration as
> described below.
>
> UPGRADING since 1.3.10
>
> To upgrade default pages, the database and some config settings
> add "?action=upgrade" to your HomePage url and press "Enter", which will
> do most of the upgrades automatically.
> You might need to enter the DBADMIN_USER and DBADMIN_PASSWD in
> config/config.ini for SQL databases and default permissions.
As I understand it, you can rephrase the first paragraph as follows:
> There are two ways to upgrade an existing PhpWiki installation.
>
> 1) Backup your pages (via a zip dimp), configure your new installation,
> and restore the old pages in PhpWikiAdministration.
>
> 2) Upgrade your installation as described below.
Is this a correct restatement of the first paragraph, or am I
misinterpreting what is written there?
I am choosing to follow the second path rather than the first, but I
think it might be helpful to include a reference to a page describing
how to backup pages and how to restore pages from a backup, for those
interested in pursuing the first option.
Getting on to the second option, we come to the second paragraph quoted
above:
> UPGRADING since 1.3.10
>
> To upgrade default pages, the database and some config settings add
> "?action=upgrade" to your HomePage url and press "Enter", which will
> do most of the upgrades automatically. You might need to enter the
> DBADMIN_USER and DBADMIN_PASSWD in config/config.ini for SQL databases
> and default permissions.
There's a step missing - what is the best way to get the new files into
place? I have my wiki installation sitting in /a/b/c/phpwiki-1.3.10/.
The new one, presumably, will sit at /a/b/c/phpwiki-1.3.11/.
Should I:
* rename phpwiki-1.3.10 to phpwiki-1.3.11 then untar the tgz file over
the existing directory, thereby replacing the files that have changed?
If so, what files should I remove (configurator?) so as to avoid the
possibility of someone reinitializing my installation?
* untar phpwiki-1.3.11 to a new place, and selectively copy over files
(such as config.ini)? Which files should I copy over? I think I'm
going to try this approach, and hope that config.ini is the only file I
need to copy over, but I still wonder if there are any files that the
configurator removes so as to protect itself.
At some point after the new files are in the right place, I should do as
it says (add ?action=upgrade) to my URL, but I wonder when...
I appreciate having the docs to help the upgrade, but I think answers to
the questions above might help improve the document. :)
Thanks!
-ben
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Ben Hartshorne
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http://ben.hartshorne.net
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