On 15/09/2007, Azurite azurite@seventh-star.net wrote:
After some finagling with my host, I finally figured out how to run the maintenance/update.php script from the command line using PHP5 as CGI. It seems to run smoothly, but then when I look at the Special:Version page (even after clearing my cache), it still says I'm running PHP 1.10.1. What's going on here? Did the update not take, or do I need to manually edit something somewhere?
Did anything actually get added/removed/changed? This would seem to indicate that you're using the old code to access Special:Version - you need to actually overwrite the files/update your symlinks/etc.
Also, after an update, what are other good maintenance scripts to run, or folders that should be deleted? I keep hearing different things from non-Wikimedia sources, so I thought I'd ask here.
Depends on what the old version was. Pre-1.6, and I'd recommend doing a links update - and possibly between any other versions which add link tables, etc. Ideally, you shouldn't have to run any additional scripts, but in practice, it's nice to check things at upgrade time.
Rob Church