[drupal-support] Updating from 4.6.0 to 4.6.3

Abalieno abalieno at cesspit.net
Tue Sep 6 13:18:57 UTC 2005


> However, do any of the changes involved in the 4.6.x upgrades involve
> changes in the db structure, or are all the changes in the code of the 
> core drupal files?

There are some changes to the db, yes.

> Because, if the db remains unchanged, and it is only the core files (ie, 
> code) that has been changed, wouldn't it be possible to backup the 
> settings.php file, unzip a fresh 4.6.3 release over the 4.6.0 release, 
> restore the settings.php file, and be done with it?

> So, I guess what I'm asking is: are there any db changes in the single 
> upgrades from 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 to 4.6.2to 4.6.3?

Yes, there are changes and you need to run update 130 and 131 (as far as I 
know the 4.6.0 corresponds to update 129) to use the 4.6.3 without a 
problem.

What I wonder is why I cannot do this just by running them through the very 
last package. 




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