Unable to upgrade from Drupal 5 to 6.0 RC2
ByteEnable - January 21, 2008 - 02:07
| Project: | Drupal |
| Version: | 6.0-rc2 |
| Component: | update system |
| Category: | bug report |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | by design |
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Description
Invoking the update.php URL does not update, control is transferred to core via drupal_bootstrap in update.php and never returns.
install.php is loaded instead of upgrading.
Turned off all non-core modules.
Reset theme to bluemarine.
Set $update_free_access = TRUE;
#1
I witnessed something similar last night too. I didn't see this problem with RC1, but experienced it with RC2. I'm going to run through everything again tonight and see if I run into the same problem (I'm hoping this is user error).
#2
Its caused by database.inc:
if (empty($db_url)) {
include_once 'includes/install.inc';
install_goto('install.php');
}
Its because db_url empty.
Byte
#3
I note the same issue upgrading from (vanilla) 5.3 and 5.6.
Worse, site is inaccessible after failed upgrade and I needed a full DB restore.
I am not complaining as this is beta and the warnings are already there. Just stressing the fact that a DB backup (that can be restored) is absolutely required.
#4
On upgrades, you need to restore the database settings in a settings.php (as documented), or otherwise Drupal will think it is going to be installed, not updated. This is documented in the upgrade instructions.
#5
My database settings are correct in sites/default/default.settings.php.
Byte
#6
Bumping back to active bug.
#7
The UPDATE.txt specifically states, in part,
I have had no issues when I followed the update directions correctly.
(By design as noted by Gábor previously.)
#8
Mea culpa. When I used my existing 'settings.php', my upgrade worked too. Hurrah !