[Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 79, Issue 2

Sat Apr 3 17:57:36 UTC 2010

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>   1. Re: Upgrade to 1.15.2 question (Tolliver)
>   2. 1.8.2 to 1.15 upgrade? (Boris Epstein)
>   3. Re: Upgrade to 1.15.2 question (Sam.Sexton at thomsonreuters.com)
>   4. Re: 1.8.2 to 1.15 upgrade? (Chad)
>   5. Re: 1.8.2 to 1.15 upgrade? (Antonio Orlando)
>   6. digitalfamily.cc.cc (Eng shoeb ahmed)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:28:38 -0300
> From: Tolliver <tolliver at dal.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Upgrade to 1.15.2 question
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
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> Hello,
>
> Thanks to everyone for all of your assistance, but I hope this is my
> last question:
>
> Does anyone know what could be causing the following errors when I run
> ./update.php:
>
> ./update.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory
> ./update.php: line 2: require_once: command not found
> ./update.php: line 3: /appl: is a directory
> ./update.php: line 4: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 5: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 6: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 7: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 8: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 9: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 10: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 11: archives/: is a directory
> ./update.php: line 13: /appl: is a directory
> ./update.php: line 14: =: command not found
> ./update.php: line 15: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> ./update.php: line 15: `$options = array( 'quick', 'nopurge' );'
>
> Thanks,
> Graham
>
>
> Platonides wrote:
>
>> Tolliver wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Excuse me if my question sounds like a newbie, but I still am; I
>>> inherited the Wiki Server some months ago. I am preparing to upgrade
>>> MediaWiki 1.11.0 to 1.15.2, and we currently have 30 wiki?s.
>>>
>>> My understanding is, I can upgrade each wiki individually. Having said
>>> that, can I perform the install process of the new version, replace the
>>> old wiki?s with the new install individually? Hence not having any
>>> databases being affected except for the wiki I upgrade.
>>>
>>> I trust that this question is in keeping with this forum.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Graham
>>>
>>
>> Install process?
>> You may be taking a wrong approach.
>> You update by replacing the old files with the new ones, then running
>> the script at maintenance/update.php
>> Only the database of that wiki is affected.
>>
>> So to update you should just surround it with a "foreach wiki..."
>> Good prectises advise making a db backup before updating.
>>
>> If the wikis are sharing the files, it may be a bit harder, since you
>> would need to break the links for updating individually (or update all
>> dbs one after other at the same time).
>>
>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 13:59:31 -0400
> From: Boris Epstein <borepstein at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] 1.8.2 to 1.15 upgrade?
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> Hello listmates,
>
> I have a MediaWiki 1.8.2 installation that needs to be modernized...
> How realistic - how difficult - should I expect the procedure of
> taking it up to 1.15 to be?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Boris.
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 19:53:09 +0100
> From: <Sam.Sexton at thomsonreuters.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Upgrade to 1.15.2 question
> To: tolliver at dal.ca, mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org
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> Try running   php ./update.php    ...?
>
> /Sam
>
> sam.sexton at thomsonreuters.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Tolliver
> Sent: 01 April 2010 15:29
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Upgrade to 1.15.2 question
>
> Hello,
>
> Thanks to everyone for all of your assistance, but I hope this is my
> last question:
>
> Does anyone know what could be causing the following errors when I run
> ./update.php:
>
> ./update.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory
> ./update.php: line 2: require_once: command not found
> ./update.php: line 3: /appl: is a directory
> ./update.php: line 4: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 5: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 6: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 7: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 8: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 9: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 10: addwiki.php: command not found
> ./update.php: line 11: archives/: is a directory
> ./update.php: line 13: /appl: is a directory
> ./update.php: line 14: =: command not found
> ./update.php: line 15: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> ./update.php: line 15: `$options = array( 'quick', 'nopurge' );'
>
> Thanks,
> Graham
>
>
> Platonides wrote:
>
>> Tolliver wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Excuse me if my question sounds like a newbie, but I still am; I
>>> inherited the Wiki Server some months ago. I am preparing to upgrade
>>> MediaWiki 1.11.0 to 1.15.2, and we currently have 30 wiki's.
>>>
>>> My understanding is, I can upgrade each wiki individually. Having
> said
>>> that, can I perform the install process of the new version, replace
> the
>>> old wiki's with the new install individually? Hence not having any
>>> databases being affected except for the wiki I upgrade.
>>>
>>> I trust that this question is in keeping with this forum.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Graham
>>>
>>
>> Install process?
>> You may be taking a wrong approach.
>> You update by replacing the old files with the new ones, then running
>> the script at maintenance/update.php
>> Only the database of that wiki is affected.
>>
>> So to update you should just surround it with a "foreach wiki..."
>> Good prectises advise making a db backup before updating.
>>
>> If the wikis are sharing the files, it may be a bit harder, since you
>> would need to break the links for updating individually (or update all
>> dbs one after other at the same time).
>>
>>
>>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 17:44:04 -0400
> From: Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] 1.8.2 to 1.15 upgrade?
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> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Boris Epstein <borepstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello listmates,
>>
>> I have a MediaWiki 1.8.2 installation that needs to be modernized...
>> How realistic - how difficult - should I expect the procedure of
>> taking it up to 1.15 to be?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Boris.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>
> It should be completely painless. First make a backup of your wiki
> database (just in case!). Then copy the extracted 1.15.2 files over
> your current installation. Finally run 'maintenance/update.php' from
> your command line.
>
> If you don't have a command line on the server you're using, you
> can also try re-running the installer. Copy LocalSettings.php to
> somewhere safe, run the installer like normal, then copy your old
> LocalSettings back.
>
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading
>
> -Chad
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:05:22 +0300
> From: "Antonio Orlando" <ant.o at libero.it>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] 1.8.2 to 1.15 upgrade?
> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"
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>> It should be completely painless. First make a backup of your wiki
>> database (just in case!)
>
> ...and files and folders!
>
> --
> Antonio
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 16:22:31 -0700
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