Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/upgrade.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/upgrade.xml,v diff -u -r1.6.2.1 -r1.6.2.2 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/upgrade.xml 19 Nov 2003 14:35:16 -0000 1.6.2.1 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/upgrade.xml 21 Nov 2003 11:13:17 -0000 1.6.2.2 @@ -5,39 +5,22 @@ %myvars; ]> - Support for upgrades. + Upgrading by Joel Aufrecht + + Overview Starting with Version 4.5, all OpenACS core packages support automatic upgrade. That means that, if you have OpenACS 4.5 or better, you should always be able to upgrade all of your core packages automatically. If you haven't changed anything, no manual intervention should be required. If you are running OpenACS prior to 4.5, upgrading will require manual effort. - - -Checklist - The required platform for OpenACS 4.6 is the same as - 4.5, with the excepion of OpenFTS. You now need OpenFTS 0.3.2, not 0.2. - OpenACS 4.6 does not support PostGreSQL 7.3. - - A computer with OpenACS 4.5. - - OpenACS 4.6 tarball - - Required for Full Text Search on PostGreSQL: OpenFTS 0.3.2 - - - - - Overview + It's always a good idea to precede an upgrade attempt with a snapshot backup. OpenACS consists of files and a database schema. The files - in the OpenACS 4.6 tarball include database upgrade scripts. To start the - upgrade, replace your existing files with the new files and - then restart the server. Then, browse to the APM, which will - detect the new packages and offer to run the appropriate database upgrade - scripts. After restarting the server again, the upgrade is + in a new tarball include database upgrade scripts. To start the + upgrade, replace your existing files with the new files and then browse to the APM, which will detect the new packages and offer to run the appropriate database upgrade scripts. After restarting the server again, the upgrade is complete.
Assumptions in this section @@ -65,11 +48,30 @@
- <indexterm> - <primary>upgrade</primary> + <sect2 id="upgrade-4.6.3-to-5"> + <title>Upgrading 4.6.3 to 5.0 + Current working notes in Forum OpenACS Development: 4.6.3 upgrade to 5-HEAD: final results. + + + + Upgrading 4.5 to 4.6 + + upgrade OpenACS 4.5 to 4.6 Linux/Unix -Upgrading on Linux/Unix + +The required platform for OpenACS 4.6 is the same as + 4.5, with the excepion of OpenFTS. You now need OpenFTS 0.3.2, not 0.2. + OpenACS 4.6 does not support PostGreSQL 7.3. + + A computer with OpenACS 4.5. + + OpenACS 4.6 tarball + + Required for Full Text Search on PostGreSQL: OpenFTS 0.3.2 + + + Upgrade Sequence @@ -304,11 +306,12 @@ Rollback - If anything goes wrong, roll back to the backup snapshot. + If anything goes wrong, roll back to the backup snapshot. ($Id$) -
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