Re: New version

KM <info4km-/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.bug-tracking.mantis.general
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I tend to agree with this - but mostly because I am paranoid. :-)
 
I usually create a separate directory and load the files in (extract the tar file that was downloaded).  I back up or make a copy of the database as well.  Then i copy the configuration files from the old to the new dir. Since there are only a few it's not so bad.  
 
To preserve the same link name - I also have a link from the actual directory (e.g. mantisBT_1.1.8 to a generic name.  I just relink the working one once it's done - and it is automatically updated for the users.  It usually take me about 10  minutes or so.
 
KM

--- On Sun, 12/6/09, David Hicks <hickseydr-sFbbPxZDHXw0n/[email protected]> wrote:


From: David Hicks <hickseydr-sFbbPxZDHXw0n/[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [mantisbt-help] New version
To: "Help with Mantis" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 10:17 PM


On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 22:05 -0500, Glenn Henshaw wrote:
> 2) install the new files over the old directory (to preserve the configuration files)

I would actually recommend against this approach because we may remove
files from the source tree between releases. We could also rename files,
move them around and so forth.

Hence I suggest that during an upgrade you create a fresh directory
containing the new version of MantisBT. Then either use a simple shell
script (or manually type commands each time) to create symlinks to the
configuration files you have placed in a directory outside the web root.

Regards,

David


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