By noid on

Here are my questions:

1) I understand from http://drupal.org/drupal-4.6.2 that to upgrade from 4.6.1 to 4.6.2 you only need to apply the following patches?

http://drupal.org/files/sa-2005-002/filter-4.6.1.patch
http://drupal.org/files/sa-2005-003/xmlrpc.patch

2) Is it all right to just replace the mentioned modules/files in the patches with the corresponding modules/files from drupal 4.6.2?

3) If #2 is not possible or not recommended, what is the best program to use to patch my files? I'm running Windows 98 on my PC, and I don't have shell access. (I already know how to patch manually but I want to speed the process up, needless to say.) I've seen all the different threads regarding patching, but I haven't come across a definitive and clear explanation on how to go about patching using a particular program on my PC. A step by step explanation would be very much appreciated. You don't have to be very detailed of course, but just enough to provide a clear and easy-to-follow guide (but if you have time to kill and are feeling very generous, I most assuredly won't stop you ;)).

Thanks in advance! :)

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tostinni’s picture

tostinni commented

1-2/ These 2 patches are used to prevent the 2 security holes recently found.
So if you replace these two files or just apply the patch, you won't get a version 4.6.2 because others files get modified.

3/ To simplify your update, I recommend to make a diff between drupal 4.6.1 and apply all modification (replace all modified files).
database.pgsql
common.inc
image.inc
menu.inc
theme.inc
xmlrpc.inc
xmlrpcs.inc
blogapi.module
book.module
comment.module
filter.module
forum.module
node.module
path.module
chameleon.theme
changelog.txt

And that's it ;)

laura s’s picture

laura s commented

FTP/SSH all the 4.6.2 files in /modules and /includes that post-date June 5. AFAIK, nothing else changed.

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tostinni’s picture

tostinni commented

Well you just forgot the changelog (usefull to know the version) and the very little change on chameleon... :D

For my site, I'd rather do a diff, because I frequently make some tiny change on core, so I prefer see all changes before replacing all files.