1 Topic by TFD (edited by TFD 2009-04-23 22:00)

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Topic: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

is there a way to see the changes made? I downloaded the zip and its has a lot of files but I dont know whats changed. My forum has a lot of stuff changed like added login box, custom switch so I can turn images on or off per forum etc and I dont want to mess anything up. Im not a pro at this and I had to have help with those changes and Im afraid I will mess something up.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

Get the diffs/hdiffs.

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

http://punbb.informer.com/download/patc … 2.20.patch
http://punbb.informer.com/download/patc … 2.21.patch

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

Thank you. Im having a hard time figuring out what to do. It appears the new code is listed in these but Im not sure what to replace or just add? Am I missing something? Like in mods it says "replace x with y" etc.

I really only want to fix any security issues. The board is fine the way it is smile

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

The lines beginning with a minus sign are the original lines. The respective lines after them beginning with the plus sign are their replacements.

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

Great thanks!

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

I have just updated to 1.2.21 but in Administration I still see


    PunBB 1.2.20 - Check for upgrade
    © Copyright 2002-2008 PunBB

There isnt the usual update script i.e. 12_to_1221_update.php - should there be?

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

Simon2, maybe this article will help you in upgrading your forum.

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

Yes I followed the instructions and everything was fine upgrading to 1.2.20

but going from 1.2.20 to 1.2.21 there is no 'extras' folder in any of the download zip files

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

Try to upload the archive with forum again, I have checked all archives and there is a folder "extras".

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

I just downloaded again
http://punbb.informer.com/download/punb … _files.zip

all it has is
CHANGED_FILES_ONLY
/upload/ - folder containing 3 .php files

I also tried the gz version which is the same
http://punbb.informer.com/download/punb … les.tar.gz

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

The "extras" directory is an archive of whole forum. The archive you've downloaded contains only the changed files.

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Re: updating from 1.2.17 to 1.2.20

OK I get it now - thanks for the help