Release monitor not updating

What is your directory structure?

This is what I usually use:

• drupal
• themes
• modules
• sites
• mysite.com
• themes
• modules
• contrib-5
• releasemonitor
• ...
• contrib-head
• contrib-pending

Releasemonitor for Drupal 4.7 makes some assumptions based on the directory structure, and it appears to be making the wrong ones for your site. It has to do this with Drupal 4.7 because Drupal 4.7 modules did not implement a .info file.

I only have one site on this server at the moment, so my file structure is simple.

• html
• modules
• contrib
• releasemonitor
• ...
• sites
• themes

I use a php function called dirname as part of the code to figure out the project name. I found this comment in the dirname documentation.

Note: In PHP 4.0.3, dirname() was fixed to be POSIX-compliant. Essentially, this means that if there are no slashes in path , a dot ('.') is returned, indicating the current directory. Otherwise, the returned string is path with any trailing /component removed. Note that this means that you will often get a slash or a dot back from dirname() in situations where the older functionality would have given you the empty string.

What version of PHP are you using?

It also says

dirname() has changed its behaviour in PHP 4.3.0.

If you are using PHP less than 4.3, it's probably related, and will give me enough information to try and fix it.

Drupal requires version 4.3.3 or higher. Sorry for the barrage of comments... I should have entered these all at once.

And I see that you already told me that you are running PHP 5.1.6... back to the drawing board :(

What operating system?

Linux

Looking at the message again, is this your setup?

• html
• modules
• contrib
• releasemonitor.monitor
• advanced_menu.module
• ...
• sites
• themes

Releasemonitor (for 4.7) will never be able to figure out the projects unless you put each project in it's own directory. This is considered a better structure, especially since each project has additional files, that are not guaranteed to be unique (LICENSE.TXT, README.TXT, while not critical to the operation of the module, are definitely not unique):

• html
• modules
• contrib
• releasemonitor
• releasemonitor.monitor
• advanced_menu
• advanced_menu.module
• ...
• sites
• themes

Sorry for the confusion. I followed the example directory structure you originally presented; I had intended to type "directory structure," not "file structure." Each project is indeed in its own directory.

I'm a little stumped. If you are comfortable doing some simple editing and debugging::

1. put print_r($_rm_projects) on line 360 (in _releasemonitor_load_projects before the closing if squiggly brace)
2. visit the admin/releases page that displays the warning
3. paste the results back here (probably inside a <code>...</code>)
4. remove the print_r

At the top of the page above the header:
Array ( [contrib] => Array ( [projectname] => [modules] => Array ( [0] => ad [1] => ad_image [2] => ad_text [3] => adminblock [4] => advanced_menu [5] => advuser [6] => affiliate [7] => amazon [8] => amazon_filter [9] => banner [10] => biblio [11] => biography [12] => cafepress [13] => calendar [14] => captcha [15] => content [16] => computed_field [17] => content_taxonomy [18] => content_taxonomy_activeselect [19] => content_taxonomy_autocomplete [20] => content_taxonomy_options [21] => content_taxonomy_select [22] => content_taxonomy_views [23] => date [24] => date_api [25] => email [26] => imagefield [27] => link [28] => audiofield [29] => videofield [30] => fieldgroup [31] => nodereference [32] => number [33] => optionwidgets [34] => text [35] => userreference [36] => chipin [37] => content_moderator [38] => controlpanel [39] => dba [40] => donations [41] => address [42] => cart [43] => apparel [44] => auction [45] => authorize_net [46] => ccard [47] => cod [48] => coupon [49] => ecivicrm [50] => ecviews [51] => ec_devel [52] => ec_media [53] => ec_recurring [54] => ec_roles [55] => ec_useracc [56] => eway [57] => itransact [58] => role_discount [59] => shipcalc [60] => worldpay [61] => ec_anon [62] => ec_mail [63] => file [64] => generic [65] => invoice [66] => parcel [67] => payment [68] => paypal [69] => product [70] => shipping [71] => store [72] => subproducts [73] => tangible [74] => tax [75] => ed_readmore [76] => epublish [77] => basicevent [78] => event_views [79] => event [80] => eventrepeat [81] => footnotes [82] => forward [83] => glossary [84] => gmap [85] => gmap_location [86] => googleanalytics [87] => google_pr [88] => image_attach [89] => image_gallery [90] => image [91] => image_enhanced_scaling [92] => image_exact [93] => image_pager [94] => image_pub [95] => img_assist [96] => import_export [97] => activemenu [98] => ajaxsubmit [99] => collapsiblock [100] => columns [101] => dynamicload [102] => extendeddescription [103] => formcheck [104] => jstools [105] => tabs [106] => toc [107] => wforms [108] => legal [109] => location_phone [110] => location_views [111] => location [112] => logintoboggan [113] => map [114] => masquerade [115] => mecommerce [116] => members [117] => menu_per_role [118] => minutes [119] => modr8 [120] => module_installer [121] => nice_menus [122] => og [123] => og_basic [124] => onlinestatus [125] => pdfview [126] => persistent_login [127] => pirate [128] => porterstemmer [129] => premium [130] => print [131] => profile_pages [132] => qanda [133] => quickfile [134] => quotes [135] => revision_moderation [136] => sanity [137] => scheduler [138] => search_config [139] => signwriter [140] => simple_access [141] => site_map [142] => site_user_list [143] => smartypants [144] => spam [145] => trackback_blackhole [146] => subscriptions [147] => superteaser [148] => systeminfo [149] => taxonomy_access [150] => textimage [151] => tinymce [152] => trip_search [153] => troll [154] => teaser_management [155] => userplus [156] => userreview [157] => user_badges [158] => user_import [159] => vcard [160] => views_rss [161] => views_theme_wizard [162] => views_ui [163] => volunteer_timeslots [164] => weather [165] => wishlist [166] => conference [167] => donate [168] => contemplate [169] => jscalendar [170] => views ) [description] => An advertising system for Drupal powered websites. [release] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev [status] => 1 [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev ) [ecommerce] => Array ( [projectname] => ecommerce [modules] => Array ( [0] => flexicharge ) [description] => Misc custom price adjustments for E-Commerce. [release] => 4.7.x-3.x-dev [releasename] => 4.7.x-3.x-dev ) [pollfield] => Array ( [projectname] => pollfield [modules] => Array ( [0] => pollfield ) [description] => Allows your site to capture votes on different topics in the form of multiple choice questions. [release] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev ) [releasemonitor] => Array ( [projectname] => releasemonitor [modules] => Array ( [0] => releasemonitor ) [description] => Site Administrator Module that monitors releases of installed contributed projects. [release] => 4.7.x-1.0 [status] => 1 [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.0 ) [sched_act] => Array ( [projectname] => [modules] => Array ( [0] => sched_act ) [description] => Schedule Actions to occur in the future. Requires actions.module. [release] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev ) [token] => Array ( [projectname] => token [modules] => Array ( [0] => token ) [description] => Provides a shared API for replacement of textual wildcards and placeholders with actual data. [release] => 4.7.x-1.4 [status] => 1 [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.4 ) [views_bonus] => Array ( [projectname] => views_bonus [modules] => Array ( [0] => views_bonus ) [description] => Enhanced features for Views module [release] => 4.7.x-1.1 [status] => 1 [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.1 ) [timeline] => Array ( [projectname] => timeline [modules] => Array ( [0] => timeline ) [description] => Provides a draggable and scrollable timeline view. Requires the views module and makes use of the events module if available. [release] => 4.7.x-1.0 [status] => 1 [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.0 ) ) Array ( [contrib] => Array ( [projectname] => [modules] => Array ( [0] => ad [1] => ad_image [2] => ad_text [3] => adminblock [4] => advanced_menu [5] => advuser [6] => affiliate [7] => amazon [8] => amazon_filter [9] => banner [10] => biblio [11] => biography [12] => cafepress [13] => calendar [14] => captcha [15] => content [16] => computed_field [17] => content_taxonomy [18] => content_taxonomy_activeselect [19] => content_taxonomy_autocomplete [20] => content_taxonomy_options [21] => content_taxonomy_select [22] => content_taxonomy_views [23] => date [24] => date_api [25] => email [26] => imagefield [27] => link [28] => audiofield [29] => videofield [30] => fieldgroup [31] => nodereference [32] => number [33] => optionwidgets [34] => text [35] => userreference [36] => chipin [37] => content_moderator [38] => controlpanel [39] => dba [40] => donations [41] => address [42] => cart [43] => apparel [44] => auction [45] => authorize_net [46] => ccard [47] => cod [48] => coupon [49] => ecivicrm [50] => ecviews [51] => ec_devel [52] => ec_media [53] => ec_recurring [54] => ec_roles [55] => ec_useracc [56] => eway [57] => itransact [58] => role_discount [59] => shipcalc [60] => worldpay [61] => ec_anon [62] => ec_mail [63] => file [64] => generic [65] => invoice [66] => parcel [67] => payment [68] => paypal [69] => product [70] => shipping [71] => store [72] => subproducts [73] => tangible [74] => tax [75] => ed_readmore [76] => epublish [77] => basicevent [78] => event_views [79] => event [80] => eventrepeat [81] => footnotes [82] => forward [83] => glossary [84] => gmap [85] => gmap_location [86] => googleanalytics [87] => google_pr [88] => image_attach [89] => image_gallery [90] => image [91] => image_enhanced_scaling [92] => image_exact [93] => image_pager [94] => image_pub [95] => img_assist [96] => import_export [97] => activemenu [98] => ajaxsubmit [99] => collapsiblock [100] => columns [101] => dynamicload [102] => extendeddescription [103] => formcheck [104] => jstools [105] => tabs [106] => toc [107] => wforms [108] => legal [109] => location_phone [110] => location_views [111] => location [112] => logintoboggan [113] => map [114] => masquerade [115] => mecommerce [116] => members [117] => menu_per_role [118] => minutes [119] => modr8 [120] => module_installer [121] => nice_menus [122] => og [123] => og_basic [124] => onlinestatus [125] => pdfview [126] => persistent_login [127] => pirate [128] => porterstemmer [129] => premium [130] => print [131] => profile_pages [132] => qanda [133] => quickfile [134] => quotes [135] => revision_moderation [136] => sanity [137] => scheduler [138] => search_config [139] => signwriter [140] => simple_access [141] => site_map [142] => site_user_list [143] => smartypants [144] => spam [145] => trackback_blackhole [146] => subscriptions [147] => superteaser [148] => systeminfo [149] => taxonomy_access [150] => textimage [151] => tinymce [152] => trip_search [153] => troll [154] => teaser_management [155] => userplus [156] => userreview [157] => user_badges [158] => user_import [159] => vcard [160] => views_rss [161] => views_theme_wizard [162] => views_ui [163] => volunteer_timeslots [164] => weather [165] => wishlist [166] => conference [167] => donate [168] => contemplate [169] => jscalendar [170] => views ) [description] => An advertising system for Drupal powered websites. [release] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev [status] => 1 [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev ) [ecommerce] => Array ( [projectname] => ecommerce [modules] => Array ( [0] => flexicharge ) [description] => Misc custom price adjustments for E-Commerce. [release] => 4.7.x-3.x-dev [releasename] => 4.7.x-3.x-dev ) [pollfield] => Array ( [projectname] => pollfield [modules] => Array ( [0] => pollfield ) [description] => Allows your site to capture votes on different topics in the form of multiple choice questions. [release] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev ) [releasemonitor] => Array ( [projectname] => releasemonitor [modules] => Array ( [0] => releasemonitor ) [description] => Site Administrator Module that monitors releases of installed contributed projects. [release] => 4.7.x-1.0 [status] => 1 [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.0 ) [sched_act] => Array ( [projectname] => [modules] => Array ( [0] => sched_act ) [description] => Schedule Actions to occur in the future. Requires actions.module. [release] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.x-dev ) [token] => Array ( [projectname] => token [modules] => Array ( [0] => token ) [description] => Provides a shared API for replacement of textual wildcards and placeholders with actual data. [release] => 4.7.x-1.4 [status] => 1 [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.4 ) [views_bonus] => Array ( [projectname] => views_bonus [modules] => Array ( [0] => views_bonus ) [description] => Enhanced features for Views module [release] => 4.7.x-1.1 [status] => 1 [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.1 ) [timeline] => Array ( [projectname] => timeline [modules] => Array ( [0] => timeline ) [description] => Provides a draggable and scrollable timeline view. Requires the views module and makes use of the events module if available. [release] => 4.7.x-1.0 [status] => 1 [releasename] => 4.7.x-1.0 ) )

In the page below the breadcrumbs but above the "Releases" title:
Status not completely retrieved for contrib (advanced_menu, advuser, amazon, biblio, calendar, captcha, content, computed_field, date, date_api, email, imagefield, link, audiofield, videofield, fieldgroup, nodereference, number, optionwidgets, text, userreference, content_moderator, controlpanel, dba, ed_readmore, basicevent, event_views, event, eventrepeat, footnotes, forward, glossary, gmap, gmap_location, googleanalytics, google_pr, image_attach, image_gallery, image, image_enhanced_scaling, image_exact, image_pager, tabs, legal, location_phone, location_views, location, map, masquerade, members, menu_per_role, persistent_login, pirate, porterstemmer, print, quotes, revision_moderation, sanity, scheduler, search_config, signwriter, smartypants, spam, subscriptions, superteaser, systeminfo, textimage, teaser_management, userplus, userreview, user_badges, user_import, views_rss, views_theme_wizard, views_ui, volunteer_timeslots, weather, contemplate, views) - refresh this page or run cron.php

Oh, can you also print_r($_rm_modules) in the _releasemonitor_load_modules function (in the same place as you did here, i think it's line 274). Thanks!

That created a rather lengthy and detailed result. I'm not comfortable posting all that information in the clear. Perhaps I can send it to you in an email.

Here is my contact information.

Already sent.

The problem is that you have a couple contrib modules not in separate directories (biography and cafepress).

I checked in a new releasemonitor 1.45.2.1 that will work-around this. Please let me if it works.

Releasemonitor for 4.7 is only going to be somewhat successful with figuring this out. If the patch doesn't work, please move all of your contrib modules into separate directories.

It's partially working.

1. With just the 1.45.2.1 and the loose modules -- no change.
2. With 1.45.2.1, biography.module deleted, and cafepress.module moved into a newly created cafepress directory:

   Status not completely retrieved for cck (computed_field, date, date_api, email, imagefield, link, audiofield, videofield, contemplate); contrib (basicevent, event_views, porterstemmer, print, quotes, revision_moderation, sanity, scheduler, search_config, signwriter, smartypants, spam, subscriptions, superteaser, systeminfo, textimage, teaser_management, userplus, userreview, user_badges, user_import, views_rss, views_theme_wizard, views_ui, volunteer_timeslots, weather, views); image_attach; image_gallery; location_phone; location_views - refresh this page or run cron.php

   Modules that show up in the "Releases" list:

   advanced_menu
   advuser
   amazontools
   biblio
   calendar
   captcha
   cck
   content_moderator
   controlpanel
   dba
   ed_readmore
   contrib [sic, description is from basicevent]
   event
   eventrepeat
   footnotes
   forward
   glossary
   gmap
   google_analytics
   google_pr
   image_attach
   image_gallery
   image
   image_enhanced_scaling
   image_exact
   image_pager
   jstools
   legal
   location_phone
   location_views
   location
   map
   masquerade
   members
   menu_per_role
   persistent_login
   pirate
   releasemonitor
   token
   views_bonus
   timeline

3. With 1.45, biography.module deleted, and cafepress.module moved into a newly created cafepress directory:

   Status not completely retrieved for contrib (computed_field, date, date_api, email, imagefield, link, audiofield, videofield, basicevent, event_views, image_attach, image_gallery, location_phone, location_views, porterstemmer, print, quotes, revision_moderation, sanity, scheduler, search_config, signwriter, smartypants, spam, subscriptions, superteaser, systeminfo, textimage, teaser_management, userplus, userreview, user_badges, user_import, views_rss, views_theme_wizard, views_ui, volunteer_timeslots, weather, contemplate, views) - refresh this page or run cron.php

   Modules that show up in the "Releases" list:

   contrib [sic]
   releasemonitor
   token
   views_bonus
   timeline

Hmmm,

I just noticed that the four modules that haven't caused problems (i.e. releasemonitor, token, views_bonus, and timeline) differ from problematic modules in that they are not listed in the "release" column as development releases. All the problematic modules are indicating dev releases. See below. I don't know if that has anything to do with the problem, but I thought it might be worth pointing out.

In the "Releases" list, does the "release" column refer to the version number of the installed module or does it refer to the version number of the newly available module? I'm going to go ahead and guess that it refers to version number of the newly available module since I tend to install the officially released versions.

advanced_menu
Makes more menu item options available.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

advuser
Advanced user management module. Filter users and mass actions based on their filters.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

amazontools
Creates associate links to Amazon.com books.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

biblio
Manages a list of scholarly papers on your site
4.7.x-1.x-dev

calendar
Adds date calendar themes to views that can display any type of date field, and creates default calendar views.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

captcha
Adds a Captcha to the registration form.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

cck
CCK: Allows administrators to define new content types.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

content_moderator
Allows a user role to approve content or place it in moderation.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

controlpanel
Enables the use of a graphical Control Panel.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

dba
Directly administer your Drupal database.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

ed_readmore
Node teaser read more link customization module - provides AngryDonuts.com "read more" placement tweak.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

contrib
A story-like node that implements the event API automatically. Depends on the event module (4.6 or later).
4.7.x-1.x-dev

event
Lets users make events and keep calendars.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

eventrepeat
Adds support for repeating events. Dependency: event.module
4.7.x-1.x-dev

footnotes
A filter to insert automatically numbered footnotes into Drupal texts.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

forward
Enables users to forward pages to friends.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

glossary
Maintain a glossary on your site.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

gmap
Filter to allow insertion of a google map into a node
4.7.x-1.x-dev

google_analytics
Adds tracking code to all pages of your site
4.7.x-1.x-dev

google_pr
Allows users to find the Google PageRank of sites choose by them.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

image_attach
Allows easy attaching of image nodes to other content types.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

image_gallery
Allows sorting and displaying of image galleries based on categories
4.7.x-1.x-dev

image
Allows uploading of images.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

image_enhanced_scaling
Provides better image derivatives by converting them to a chosen color profile and applying a sharpness filter.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

image_exact
Implements exact-size image thumbnail and avatars via cropping, based on max h/w from the image content type settings.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

image_pager
Dynamically switch among images with prev/next links. Requires jquery47 module.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

jstools
Provides common methods used by Javascript Tools (jstools) modules. Enable if you are using any jstools module.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

legal
Adds Terms & Conditions statement to the registration page.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

location_phone
Adds ability to include a phone-number field for locations. NOTE: Requires location.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

location_views
Views-enables the location fields and creates a default location view. Requires the location module and the views module.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

location
Enables the location system and allow users to attach locative information to content.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

map
Create Google maps.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

masquerade
The masquerade module allows administrators to masquerade as other users.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

members
Enables users to list all members.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

menu_per_role
Allows restricting access to menu items per role.
4.7.x-1.x-dev

persistent_login
Provide a "Remember Me" checkbox in the login form
4.7.x-1.x-dev

pirate
Avast ye scurvy dogs!
4.7.x-1.x-dev

releasemonitor
Site Administrator Module that monitors releases of installed contributed projects.
4.7.x-1.0

token
Provides a shared API for replacement of textual wildcards and placeholders with actual data.
4.7.x-1.4

views_bonus
Enhanced features for Views module
4.7.x-1.1

timeline
Provides a draggable and scrollable timeline view. Requires the views module and makes use of the events module if available.
4.7.x-1.0

I was able to reproduce on my system and I think I fixed the problem. Please try again. Make sure you have 1.45.2.2. This is my last try to fix this, as it's a 4.7 specific problem.

Any comment about the dev-release observation in my previous post?

With regard to 1.45.2.2, it's better but still not perfect. It's showing a reduced error message:
Status not completely retrieved for cck (computed_field, date, date_api, email, imagefield, link, audiofield, videofield, contemplate); basicevent; event_views; image_attach; image_gallery; location_phone; location_views - refresh this page or run cron.php

Note: to simplify things, I also deleted a few modules that were not enabled.

FYI, the download button in the "minor" column appears to immediately download a file, while the download button in the "major" column appears to take me to the module's project page at drupal.org. This seems to be a GUI inconsistency you may want to correct on other versions.

The relationship to the dev/release is that if it says anything other than dev, it is getting this from the new project info files. Since the problem is figuring out project name and that this is solved with the project info files, that explains your observation.

Looking at your latest list, I'm wondering if it got some of the remaining versions on subsequent cron runs/page refreshes. This is normal behavior for releasemonitor. It updates at most 20 projects per page view (because this is pretty time intensive), and it displays that message to let you know that it didn't get all of them. Do you have a recommendation on what the message could say to make this clearer?

I am discontinuing support for this module and closing all issues. Please see the update status module.