[GLLUG] Updating Drupal 7.x modules

[frank.dolinar at comcast.net]

Hi, Clay, 
That's where I started, I think. 
Of course, as with cooking, it does help to read the documentation and any dialogs carefully so as not to get confused. 
You were right, the tool worked just fine. 

Color me dazed & confused for the day. 

Frank 

----- Original Message -----
From: clay at lazarusid.com 
To: "GLLUG" <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>, "frank dolinar" <frank.dolinar at comcast.net> 
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 3:43:34 PM 
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Updating Drupal 7.x modules 


Can't you just use the built in update tool? 

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID 

-----Original message----- 



From: Frank Dolinar <frank.dolinar at comcast.net> 
To: GLLUG <linux-user at egr.msu.edu> 
Sent: Sun, Mar 25, 2012 14:38:55 EDT 
Subject: [GLLUG] Updating Drupal 7.x modules 

Hi, everyone (...and especially Clay...), 
I got a notification about one of the D7 modules (Chaos Tools 
Suite) having a new release. 
I did some searching on how to perform this update after I had done 
the following: 
1) I discovered that the simplest approach (i.e. adding a new module) 
did not work since the installation package said that the module was 
already installed. (Strike One) 
2) I found a couple of threads that indicated a difference of opinion 
between a process that included disabling / uninstalling the old version 
and then installing the new version versus a process that involved what 
amounted to a reconstruction (from scratch, apparently) of the website 
from a backup database created for the purpose plus a less than well 
documented description of needing to do some post-processing with PHP. 
Since my knowledge of PHP is minimal at best, I decided not to try this. 
And there was some disagreement about whether the uninstall of the 
old module works at all. (Strike Two) 

I decided to ask for help before I got myself in a corner. 

For clarification, my website is working without the new version of 
Chaos Tools, but I think having the latest version is generally a good idea. 

Frank 

P.S. I single out Clay to pick on because he got me started with 
Drupal. Paybacks... 


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