update failing in 5.1

I have the same problem. Any news on this?

Initialized Drupal site default at sites/default                        [notice]
Loading release_info engine.                                            [notice]
Loading version_control engine.                                         [notice]
Loading package_handler engine.                                         [notice]
Executing: wget --version
php /Applications/MAMP/drush/drush.php  --backend=2 --verbose           [notice]
--root=/Users/stefan/Documents/Projects/Torkest/drupal
--uri=http://default batch-process 44 44 2>&1
php /Applications/MAMP/drush/drush.php  --backend=2 --verbose           [notice]
--root=/Users/stefan/Documents/Projects/Torkest/drupal
--uri=http://default batch-process 44 44 2>&1
php /Applications/MAMP/drush/drush.php  --backend=2 --verbose           [notice]
--root=/Users/stefan/Documents/Projects/Torkest/drupal
--uri=http://default batch-process 44 44 2>&1

(repeat ad infinitum)

If anyone is willing, it would be helpful if you could create a site-archive and post it here. You would have to sanitize the database and filesystem if you have any private data there.

Also, use updatecode and then updatedb. Those are the 2 steps that update command does and it would help isolate the problem if more if we know where the problem is.

please post the debug output: drush -d upc .

Perhaps you're hitting #1420372: Modules being checked for updates multiple times..? See comment #2 there.

Hi there, I get the exact same issue. Here is the result of my output:

drush -d upc
Bootstrap to phase 0. [0.01 sec, 2.59 MB]                            [bootstrap]
Drush bootstrap phase : _drush_bootstrap_drush() [0.01 sec, 2.76 MB] [bootstrap]
Cache HIT cid: 5.1-commandfiles-0-6f3ae3e8b3564f22a2c62e2d023e3dc5 [0.02 sec, 2.78 MB]                       [debug]
Bootstrap to phase 0. [0.08 sec, 6.11 MB]                                                                [bootstrap]
Bootstrap to phase 6. [0.1 sec, 6.11 MB]                                                                 [bootstrap]
Drush bootstrap phase : _drush_bootstrap_drupal_root() [0.1 sec, 6.11 MB]                                [bootstrap]
Initialized Drupal 7.12 root directory at /Users/xomox/webdev/sites/earthco [0.14 sec, 8.53 MB]             [notice]
Drush bootstrap phase : _drush_bootstrap_drupal_site() [0.14 sec, 8.53 MB]                               [bootstrap]
Initialized Drupal site default at sites/default [0.14 sec, 8.53 MB]                                        [notice]
Cache HIT cid: 5.1-commandfiles-2-c32acd775c18a90c5b41d0fc9accf5ab [0.14 sec, 8.54 MB]                       [debug]
Drush bootstrap phase : _drush_bootstrap_drupal_configuration() [0.14 sec, 8.53 MB]                      [bootstrap]
Drush bootstrap phase : _drush_bootstrap_drupal_database() [0.15 sec, 8.54 MB]                           [bootstrap]
Successfully connected to the Drupal database. [0.15 sec, 8.54 MB]                                       [bootstrap]
Drush bootstrap phase : _drush_bootstrap_drupal_full() [0.16 sec, 9.1 MB]                                [bootstrap]
Cache HIT cid: 5.1-commandfiles-5-61b45d63e5e13883b43827fd25c83ac9 [0.37 sec, 22.63 MB]                      [debug]
Drush bootstrap phase : _drush_bootstrap_drupal_login() [0.38 sec, 22.91 MB]                             [bootstrap]
Successfully logged into Drupal as Anonymous (uid=0) [0.38 sec, 23.08 MB]                                [bootstrap]
Found command: pm-updatecode (commandfile=pm) [0.38 sec, 23.08 MB]                                       [bootstrap]
Loading release_info engine. [0.44 sec, 23.17 MB]                                                           [notice]
Loading version_control engine. [0.45 sec, 23.31 MB]                                                        [notice]
Loading package_handler engine. [0.45 sec, 23.34 MB]                                                        [notice]
Executing: wget --version
Executing: curl --version
Including /Users/xomox/drush/commands/pm/updatecode.pm.inc [0.46 sec, 23.36 MB]                          [bootstrap]
Obtaining admin_menu project path. [0.68 sec, 24.99 MB]                                                      [debug]
Obtaining ctools project path. [0.68 sec, 24.99 MB]                                                          [debug]
Obtaining taxonomy_menu project path. [0.68 sec, 24.99 MB]                                                   [debug]
Obtaining views project path. [0.68 sec, 25 MB]                                                              [debug]
Backend invoke: php /Users/xomox/drush/drush.php  --backend=2 --verbose --debug                            [command]
--root=/Users/xomox/webdev/sites/earthco --uri=http://default batch-process 37 37 2>&1 [0.92 sec, 25.37
MB]
php /Users/xomox/drush/drush.php  --backend=2 --verbose --debug --root=/Users/xomox/webdev/sites/earthco    [notice]
--uri=http://default batch-process 37 37 2>&1 [0.92 sec, 25.38 MB]
Backend invoke: php /Users/xomox/drush/drush.php  --backend=2 --verbose --debug                            [command]
--root=/Users/xomox/webdev/sites/earthco --uri=http://default batch-process 37 37 2>&1 [1.19 sec, 25.41
MB]
php /Users/xomox/drush/drush.php  --backend=2 --verbose --debug --root=/Users/xomox/webdev/sites/earthco    [notice]
--uri=http://default batch-process 37 37 2>&1 [1.19 sec, 25.41 MB]
Backend invoke: php /Users/xomox/drush/drush.php  --backend=2 --verbose --debug                            [command]
--root=/Users/xomox/webdev/sites/earthco --uri=http://default batch-process 37 37 2>&1 [1.47 sec, 25.42
MB]

This last line then loops forever, just gaining in MB with each loop... ad infinitude.

I tried to follow:
http://drupal.org/node/1420372

http://drupal.org/node/1387034

http://drupal.org/node/1352102

But none of the solutions given (or workarounds) help.

Deleted queues table, ran drush cc all, ran drush pm-refresh, restarted my apache and mysql server, nothing improves the situation. I should add that drush works fine on drupal 6 sites, but on drupal 7 sites, it just loops for ever (aka hangs) and doesn't ever do anything.

Additional info:
Was attempting to use:
drush up drupal
to go from Drupal 7.12 to 7.14.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Same problem here.
On drush pm-update, it seems to do the code updates, but stall at the DB update. just sits there forever.
I finally killed the drush process and ran the updates from the Drupal admin interface, and that was successful.

Would be glad to post a sample site if that would help - I have something in development that's fairly innocuous...?

As I posted in #3, a site-archive posted here would be most appreciated. Also, please try with latest dev snapshot of Drush and not just with 5.1

I just went through the scenario posted here and could not reproduce the bug using current drush from git master

- download drupal-7.12
- install 7.12
- updatecode to 7.14
- updatedb

That sequence ran fine.

Sadly, the site's way too big to upload - just noticed the 3MB limit.
I could pop it on a server somewhere for you if you like - drop me a note at info at resonetrics dot com if that would help..

Yes, that would help. Please upload it and post the URL here. That way, many people can work on the fix.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/78569432/bluec_db.sql.zip and
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/78569432/bluec.tar.gz

I hacked some users out of the SQL - the current superuser is called "superuser" and its password is "Strang3l0v3" - hope I didn't break the SQL in the process.

Anyway post again if you need more info on the site.
It is up to date, so you may want to roll back a db update or two...

Thanks. I just got this running but I don't see how to reproduce a problem. i temporarily added a new update function and updatedb handled it fine.

Well I'm mystified. I've been seeing this for a few update rounds now, just figured it was something on my VPS.
I'll see if I can get it to happen on my local MAMP setup. Not today though, sorry...

PS just in general, thanks for a lovely piece of kit. It really does help a lot.

Moshe, could you give some idea of the most critical bits of tech in the environment that drush relies on? I'd like to try comparing my VPS vs. local environments, and don't know where to look for significant differences.
So particular libraries? PHP version? Anything like that.

Subscribing

Just a quick update on this - updated drush to 5.2 and things are back to normal now.