Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/upgrade-openacs-files.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/upgrade-openacs-files.html,v diff -u -r1.8.2.3 -r1.8.2.4 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/upgrade-openacs-files.html 5 Jul 2004 19:47:33 -0000 1.8.2.3 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/upgrade-openacs-files.html 22 Oct 2004 02:38:15 -0000 1.8.2.4 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cp -r openacs-5-1/* openacs-4 exit
Upgrading files for a site in a private CVS repository -
Step 1: Import new CVS code.�There are two common ways to get new OpenACS code into your local CVS repository - via tarball or with a working CVS checkout of OpenACS. Both methods work well for starting your local repository; the second method is better for incremental additions or upgrades.
(a): via tarball.�Download a current tarball and unpack the new files into a working directory.
[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME +
Step 1: Import new CVS code.�There are two common ways to get new OpenACS code into your local CVS repository - via tarball or with a working CVS checkout of OpenACS. Both methods work well for starting your local repository; the second method is better for incremental additions or upgrades.
(a): via tarball.�Download a current tarball and unpack the new files into a working directory.
[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ cd /tmp [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME tmp]$ tar xzf openacs-5-1.tar.gz [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME tmp]$ cd openacs-5-1(b): via cvs working checkout.�Create a CVS checkout from OpenACS. The first time you do this, you will need to create the checkout directory. We use one dedicated directory for each branch of OpenACS - if you are using OpenACS 5.0,x, you only need an OpenACS 5.0 branch. The openacs-5-1-compat tag identifies the latest released version of OpenACS 5.1 (ie, 5.1.3 or 5.1.4) and the latest compatible version of each package, including .LRN. Each minor release of OpenACS since 5.0 has this tagging structure. For example, OpenACS 5.1.x has openacs-5-1-compat. @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME ~]$ cd /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cvs up -Pd (CVS feedback) -[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$
If you are upgrading a production OpenACS site which is on a private CVS tree, this process lets you do the upgrade without risking extended downtime or an unusable site:
Declare a freeze on new cvs updates - ie, you cannot run cvs update +[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$
If you are upgrading a production OpenACS site which is on a private CVS tree, this process lets you do the upgrade without risking extended downtime or an unusable site:
Declare a freeze on new cvs updates - ie, you cannot run cvs update on the production site
Make a manual backup of the production site in addition to the automated backups
Import the new code (for example, OpenACS 5.0.4, openacs-5-0-compat versions of