I understand from this issue #261715: Drush tries to update themes but fails... that Drush should be able to install and update themes in the correct location.
I just did drush -l mysite.com pm update zen, updating from zen 6.x-1.x-beta3 to 6.x-1.0 theme. The update function correctly listed the Zen update available, but instead of updating sites/all/themes/zen, it created a new folder /zen (in the root of my Drupal install). [BTW, module installs&updates work fine]

Is Zen missing path information, or is Drush failing to recognize the path? Thanks for your insight!

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wilco’s picture

wilco commented

I second this issue. I just tried it with Zen and Marinelli with both updates creating folders in the root path of Drupal's installation.

owen barton’s picture

owen barton commented

Drush doesn't currently install or upgrade themes, although this wouldn't be too hard to add

ar-jan’s picture

ar-jan commented
Title: Drush PM (Update) and Themes - Should it work? » Make Drush PM handle theme updates
Category: support » feature

I'll make it a feature request then... It would be cool, though not as essential as updating modules with Drush, which I've really come to like lately ;)

moshe weitzman’s picture

moshe weitzman commented
Status: Active » Fixed

head now handles themes and more.

robertgarrigos’s picture

robertgarrigos commented

the dev package of March 13th doesn't contain any .module file

moshe weitzman’s picture

moshe weitzman commented

thats by design. drush is no longer a module. see README

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.