When I run drush pm update, it just hangs and does nothing. No error output, no update status, nada. I have to hit ctrl-c to cancel it. I have tried using the -v option, as well as different --handler and --uri options, all with the same result.

drush help works, drush pm refresh works, as do the watchdog show and cache clear commands.

Interestingly, if I run drush cache clear, then run drush pm update, I get:

ajax: ~ $ drush cache clear
Cache cleared.
ajax: ~ $ drush pm update
Update information last refreshed: Tue, 11/04/2008 - 21:07

Update status information on all installed and enabled Drupal modules:
Name Installed version Recommended version Status
---- ----------------- ------------------- ------

drush: No updates available.

Version details: Drupal 5.12, PHP 5.2.6, MySQL Server 5.0.67-log, MySQL Client 5.0.32

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futuresoon commented

I'm getting this too. I'll let you know if I can find anything

[p.s. oh yeah i'm remote on dreamhost if that makes a difference]

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hydrian commented

I am also having the same problem. I am using Drush 1.4 on Drupal 5.15 and I get the same results when I a try to update. I am able to install new modules without a problem. I have tried using drush with PHP4 and PHP5. It doesn't seem to make a difference. One interesting tid-bit is that I am also a dreamhost customer also. This may be an issue with DH.

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hydrian commented

Ok.. I think found out a work-around/fix for this issue. I got 'drush pm update' working properly but I had to use full paths.

(This is dreamhost specific)
${DRUPALCORE} = location of drupal installation

cd ${DRUPALCORE}
/usr/local/php5/bin/php ${DRUPALCORE}/sites/all/modules/drush/drush.php cache clear
/usr/local/php5/bin/php ${DRUPALCORE}/sites/all/modules/drush/drush.php pm refresh
/usr/local/php5/bin/php ${DRUPALCORE}/sites/all/modules/drush/drush.php pm update
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hydrian commented

I think it may be due to that Dreamhost's default version of PHP that is in the path is PHP4. You need to explicitly make sure you are using PHP5.

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futuresoon commented

ahh, indeed. nice catch :-)

[edit: $ which php yields usr/local/bin/php (i.e. php 4) and using the long version (usr/local/php5/bin/php) fixes it for me]

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futuresoon commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)