crap, how could i have missed those... 172 seemed to have fixed it, thanks for the pointer 
1 2005-06-03 18:15
Re: upgrade 1.2.1 -> 1.2.5 problems (3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
2 2005-06-03 08:45
Topic: upgrade 1.2.1 -> 1.2.5 problems (3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
i've done the above mentioned upgrade, which according to the update-script went a-ok, but i'm having some problems. with some longer topics (17 or 209 pages at default pagination options for example), the newest posts are not showing up. they are there, i'm sure of that, and the last-post notice for those topics in the forum overview is also correct, but i can't get them to display : the topic seems to cut off before the last post, even a bit random(!) at numerous reloads...
i studied the upgrade-script, and noticed no database-changes, so for now i've put back the 1.2.1 version of the scripts (using the same db as the botched 1.2.5 upgrade), and that seems to work flawlessly. doing a side-by-side install of 1.2.5 with the same config and database confirms the above mentioned problem.
anybody know where i should be looking ? i've done things like clearing the cache and rebuilding the indexes (in maintenance-mode off course), but to no avail... enabling PUN_DEBUG didn't show any errors.
some info : punbb 1.2.5, running on freebsd 4.11p9 using php 4.3.10 and mysql 4.0.24