[Mediawiki-l] iso-8859-1 conversion to UTF-8 failed during upgrade from 1.4.0 to 1.5.2

[Andre Oliveira da Costa]

Hi Brion,

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 14:23:33 -0800
Brion Vibber <brion at pobox.com> wrote:

> Andre Oliveira da Costa wrote:
> > On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:43:10 -0800
> > Brion Vibber <brion at pobox.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Andre Oliveira da Costa wrote:
> >>> Ok, got it. Any chance this iso-8859-1 --> utf-8 problem will get fixed on
> >>> future releases?
> >> Well, it worked fine for us, so I'm not sure what there is to fix?
> > 
> > Mmmh... "Houston, we got a problem" ;-)
> > 
> > Not sure why it didn't work for me, then. Does my description of the problem
> > on bug #3898 [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3898] give you
> > any clue about what could have failed on my upgrade (and, judging by some of
> > the replies, on others' as well)? If not, what additional info can I provide
> > to help you track down the problem?
> 
> * Operating system and version
> * PHP version
> * PHP configuration
> * Which PHP modules are installed
> * MySQL version
> * MySQL configuration
> * LocalSettings.php
> * Any other modifications or settings on MediaWiki
> * Exact, step-by-step procedure you used for running the upgrade
> * If possible, sample data files
> 
> Chars being replaced by commas is not something I've ever seen.

Fair enough =)

I actually tested the upgrade on my home computer, which has FC4 with
up-to-date packages. However, production server has RHEL AS 3, and packages
versions differ significantly (eg. production MySQL is 3.23.58, home MySQL
is 4.1.14). I am at work now, so I won't be able to gather all information you
requested; I will get back to you later with all data.

I haven't tested the upgrade on the production server, so I can't tell right
now if it works there or not  (I will need to be very careful with its DB,
and also these tests will imply in downtime, so it's not a trivial move; at
home I can trash the DB anytime I need ;-)).

I might be away for a couple of days, so it's likely I can only provide
required data next week. I will post info here ASAP.

Questions:

- PHP configuration = /etc/php.ini, /etc/php.d/* ?
- MySQL configuration = /etc/my.cnf ?
- can I send any files attached directly to your email?

TIA

Andre

-- 
Andre Oliveira da Costa
(costa at tecgraf.puc-rio.br)