Hi there,

I have been charged with updating a Drupal site that has not seen so much as a patch in quite some time, however I have no idea which version it is... it's definitely on the 4 branch and thankfully it only seems to use core modules but I have no idea how to find out what version it made it up to.

I'm assuming upgrading it from 4.5.x or 4.6.x to 4.7.x should be fairly straightforward, is this correct or are the databases different? And if so will the following work?...

Take site offline
Turn of caching
Disable all modules
Back up files
Back up db
Delete files
Upload 4.7.x files
Restore all modules
Turn caching back on
Let everyone back in.

I'm also assuming that porting it, and it's custom theme, to 5.x would be significantly harder, is this the case?

Any advice on this upgrade would be appreciated... should I dump the contents of the cache table first for example?

Thanks,

Roger.

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steve hanson’s picture

The numbering system for Drupal releases changed a while back, so for example, 4.5 to 4.6 is essentially the same level of change as from 4.7 to 5.0. So you'll probably need to do multiple upgrades to get caught up.

You should read http://drupal.org/handbook/version-info and the upgrade procedures - and be sure to back up before each upgrade.

Steve Hanson
Principal Consultant Cruiskeen Consulting LLC
http://www.cruiskeenconsulting.com

Steve Hanson
Publisher Eye On Dunn County
https://eyeondunn.com