[support] Problems with core update

[Earnie Boyd]

Are you using a server side cache system?  If so, it might be getting
in the way.

Earnie

On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Pat Ferrel <pat.ferrel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry if this is a repeat, not sure if my list membership was set up
> correctly.
>
> I'm doing a standard core update but update.php does not complete properly.
> It shows me the updates to perform but the submit spins for a short while
> (doesn't look like a timeout) then stays on the page. There are no errors
> reported on the update page. Also the log page contains no errors and I
> can't find anything in the MySQL or Nginx logs.
>
> One hint that might help me is, what script is executed and what is the url
> displayed *after* the "update" button is clicked? I'm guessing that the
> script is never executed from the update submit?
>
> I have done this before and it worked but since the last update I switched
> to Nginx. Also I performed this specific update on a test box first, using
> Apache, which worked fine. I then updated the core code on the production
> box and encountered the above problem. The update.php "location" is listed
> below from the Nginx config. The production box is Nginx+Ubuntu.
>
> # -*- mode: nginx; mode:autopair; mode: flyspell-prog;
> ispell-local-dictionary: "american" -*-
> ### Configuration file for Drupal if you're not using drush to update your
> site or run cron.
>
> ## Restrict cron access to a specific host.
> location = /cron.php {
> #    ## If not allowed to run cron then issue a 404 and redirect to the
> #    ## site root.
> #    if ($not_allowed_cron) {
> #        return 404 /;
> #    }
>    fastcgi_pass phpcgi;
> #    ## To use Apache for serving PHP uncomment the line bellow and
> #    ## comment out the above.
> #    #proxy_pass http://phpapache;
> }
>
> location = /update.php {
>    #auth_basic "Restricted Access"; # auth realm
>    #auth_basic_user_file .htpasswd-users; # htpasswd file
>    fastcgi_pass phpcgi;
>    ## To use Apache for serving PHP uncomment the line bellow and
>    ## comment out the above.
>    #proxy_pass http://phpapache;
> }
>
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