0012528: Change to INSTALL doc file - MantisBT

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0012528	mantisbt	documentation	public	2010-11-11 11:51	2010-12-17 04:40

Reporter	nimbusgb	Assigned To	atrol
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	1.2.3
Target Version	1.2.4	Fixed in Version	1.2.4

Summary	0012528: Change to INSTALL doc file
Description	the doc file INSTALL contains invalid directions since it suggests running check before doing the install.
Steps To Reproduce	examine INSTALL file under docs directory
Additional Information	Suggested replacement text UPGRADING Backup your existing installation and database -- really! Extract the tarball into a clean directory; do not extract into an existing installation, as some files have been moved or deleted between releases Copy configuration files from the old installation directory to the new directory, files to copy are config_inc.php, custom_strings_inc.php, and custom_constants_inc.php if they exist Point your browser to http://[path/to/directory_you_extracted_tarball_to]/admin/install.php to upgrade the database schema Click install/upgrade Point your browser to http://[path/to/directory_you_extracted_tarball_to]/admin/check.php to ensure that your webserver is compatible with MantisBT and configured correctly To restore your original mantis URL operation it may be best at this point to delete the original mantis directory and rename the directory you extracted the tarball to to the original directory name. Upgrading is complete
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cas 2010-11-12 02:50 reporter ~0027338 Last edited: 2010-11-12 02:51	To me it makes sense to first check and if all ok, do the install upgrade. It does not need the database itself, it just checks the environment.

atrol 2010-11-12 04:33 developer ~0027342 Last edited: 2010-11-12 04:34	cas, this is not working with this version because check.php checks also for databse tables which are not existing before upgrading.

nimbusgb 2010-11-12 04:42 reporter ~0027343	It may very well make sense ...... but it doesn't work! I ran check first when trying to upgrade from 1.1.8 to 1.2.3 and the check failed due to a missing column in the database structure. When I reported the issue on the forum ( http://www.mantisbt.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13806 ) I was told ( by atrol ) that check was supposed to be run AFTER the upgrade which as I pointed out is not what the INSTALL file indicates so either ... change the install file or change the check file operation to run before upgrade ....

atrol 2010-11-12 04:43 developer ~0027344	Thanks to nimbusgb for reporting the issue

atrol 2010-11-12 04:45 developer ~0027345	dhx made a major rewrite of check.php with version 1.3 IIRC you can run check.php before upgrading.