[drupal-support] Updating from 4.6.0 to 4.6.3

[Kobus Myburgh]

Hi,

If I understand how the update system works correctly, the reason why you can't do that in one step is simple:

1. Let's say you are on Drupal 4.6.0
2. Let's say I am on Drupal 4.6.1
3. Now, if we both run the same process to update, one of us will get errors.

You must first get to Drupal 4.6.1 to bring updates to par with the requirements for update 130 and 131.

Each update makes changes to the database. A person on 4.5.5 will have a different looking database to a person having 4.6.0. It is virtually not possible to make all inclusive updates, as it would make the logic in the update script too complex.

If I am totally wrong here, please excuse my ignorance, as I would learn something from this too, if I am wrong in my arguments here... :-)

Regards,

Kobus


>>> abalieno at cesspit.net 9/6/2005 1:41 PM >>>
I'm going to upgrade tomorrow but my Drpal install never autoselect the 
database upgrade.

Now I think the basic process is about going from 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 and then 
4.6.2 and finally 4.6.3.

But how the hell I upgrade the database? I don't know what to select.

On the site it's written I have to do all the minor steps but this doesn't 
make sense. On the update.inc file the 4.6.0 version correspond to "update 
129" and there are only "update 130" and 131 after that. While Drupal went 
through THREE revisions.

If the process upgrade is just about copying over the new files and perform 
update 130 and 131, why the hell I cannot do that in just one step?

-HRose / Abalieno 

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