The 5.7 to 5.8 Drupal patch: http://drupal.org/files/sa-2008-044/SA-2008-044-5.7.patch misses one small thing. It didn't update system.module to reflect the new version number. The 5.8 archive has this, but the patch file does not.

I have created a patch file to rectify this (attached), or you can just open modules/system/system.module and change:

define('VERSION', '5.7');
to
define('VERSION', '5.8');

Now when you hit the status log, the correct version number will be reported.

Thanks!

- Eric Marden

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system.module-5.8.patch3.83 KBxentek

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xentek’s picture

xentek commented

Well, nevermind. Drupal complains if you make this change, and thinks your install is still out of date.

When I diffed the 5.8 archive with my clean 5.7 with SA-2008-044-5.7.patch applied, there were a bunch of little changes that weren't in the security patch.

Clean 5.7 with SA-2008-044-5.7.patch reported that I was still on 5.7, but said I was up to date, which I guess is the lesser of two evils.

damien tournoud’s picture

damien tournoud commented
Status: Needs review » Closed (works as designed)

The SA-2008-044-5.7 patch only includes the security-related changes. It is meant for people that want to be safe, but don't want to upgrade their Drupal installations to 5.8 just yet.

That's not Drupal 5.8.