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Do I really need to remove all the old files and then reupload the new files? Isn't it enough to just ftp overwrite the existing files with v6.10 to speed up things?

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kitsunechan commented

What I do is delete all files except what's in the sites directory. I leave that whole directory alone. Not sure what exactly is the correct way, but that's what I do.

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silverwing commented

on these minor updates, I just overwrite the old files (except /sites/*). Major updates (6.x to 7.x) I delete everything.

~silverwing

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tsvenson commented

Thanks, that was what I thought. Will save time. I will also leave the .htaccess alone.

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silverwing commented

I don't update the silly core themes that are never used (chameleon, bluemarine, pushbutton) but I do update garland and its sub themes.

~silverwing - garland/minnili are used for maintenance mode/update and should be kept current

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amysragbag commented

Hi. I didn't delete anything because I was too scared. I disabled contributed modules and themes, uploaded and unpacked 6.10 in root, ran update.php, enabled contributed modules and themes, and it still says that I'm running 6.9. I wonder what I missed?

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tsvenson commented

When you unpack the archive you will get a drupal-6.10 folder, maybe that is the problem.

I found it easier to unpack on my local computer and then us an FTP client to select everything, except the sites folder and the .htaccess files, and then tell the FTP client to overwrite everything.

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amysragbag commented

Ooh. :p I knew it was going to be something obvious! Still, I probably never would have found it on my own. Thanks for your help.

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tsvenson commented

No probs, glad I could save you some time.

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amysragbag commented

Status report still says I'm running 6.9. I overwrote each of the files listed in Files Changed In Drupal Upgrade From 6.9 - 6.10, then ran update.php with contributed modules and themes disabled. It didn't show any messages. I forgot that I had done this before I tried to unpack the whole tarball in there and before I had my morning coffee. (I should know by now that coffee always comes first.)

I took a peek in the changelog.txt that's installed in root and it has 6.10 at the top of the list, so... I wonder which file is telling my site that it's running 6.9?

Thanks!

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tsvenson commented

I am quite new to Drupal myself and this was my first updates. All my three sites reported 6.10 after though.

I don't know if just uploading the files from that list is enough. What I did was to unpack the archive locally, then I used an ftp client to upload everything except the sites folder and the .htaccess file. I told the ftp client to overwrite every existing file. Maybe you should try that.

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amysragbag commented

I didn't even know what ftp was but I looked into it and did as you said and it worked perfectly. Thank you so much for the clear instructions.

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obeahman commented

Eddie 42:

Once you overwrite the files what do you do after? Do you run any updates?

I took a chance and did the update the Drupal way.I am paying the price now.

To see my problems go to:

http://acquia.com/node/313953#comment-4220

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tsvenson commented

After you have overwritten your current Dropal 6.x installation with v6.10 you run the www.yoursite.com/update.php script.

For my first site I followed the UPGRADE.txt document 100%, then for the second I skiped the part about removing the existing version and used my FTP client to upload 6.10, except sites and .htaccess. For me if worked just fine for both of the other sites.

Please not this is when you do an update, that is a minor version of drupal, that is from a 6.x to 6.10. If your original site is v5.x or lower it gets more complicated.

I take it you are using the Acquia Drupal and not the drupal.org version. I haven't tried that version, but I know it is a bit different from the drupal.org so updating it might very well be a little different.

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obeahman commented

Eddie 42:

That's what I wanted to know if you ran the update php file.

Thanks.

The Aquia Drupal is the same, just that there are some additional files that they put in. It takes the same modules as the drupal modules. Your site is also monitored and for some extra money(lots) they would look after your problems. You can also get a free subscription, which I am using.

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Angelita commented

Im new to this upgrading Drupal and I have many questions pertaining to the most easiest way to do this upgrade without "breaking" anything. This seems like a good way to go about doing things, I'm really nervous but I need to go about doing this since I've procrastinated for the longest.

The first question I'd like to know is when the 6.10 archive is unpacked, in which I did on my local computer to get familiar with it, I see the .HTACCESS FILE folder but what is the specific name of the sites folder? I don't see it anywhere when looking for those specific words, since these would be the two that I will not select when finally uploading into my FTP client before allowing the overwrite to happen, from my understanding of reading through this thread.

Also, beforehand, its always suggested to backup the sites files and databases. Again, I'm no connoisseur in this but I have a option in my CPanel to backup my database, but how do I backup my sites files, would I do this in FTP, if so or not, could anyone offer me any assistance in how this is possibly done?

Well, I don't want to overload this thread with questions, I have a few more but I'll wait until I receieve a response to ask them. Any help would be greatly appreciated, this would take alot weight off my shoulders to finally get it done and learn a few things about upgrading in the process.

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tsvenson commented

Hi Angelita,

I think that you will find answers to all your questions if you read the HowTo: Updating Drupal 6.x to newer minor version handbook. I wrote that based on my own experience updating Drupal for the first time.

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