Error in backup (. . .)!

Cameron_Barnett · Mars 31, 2009, 11:36

Hello List Spip-en,

Currently we have spip 1.9.2d and Sarka Spip 2.02 installed and I would like to preserve the 1.9.2d contents, copy them accross to the latest(2.06) and then also upgrade to version 3 of Sarka. I am using Ubuntu 2.10.
http://sarka-spip.net/production/spip.php?article357

How do I upgrade SPIP version 1.9.2d to 2.0.6? Are the two versions compatible?
Is there a way to manage multiple simultaneous SPIP instances, do I just assign the test system another port number, if so then where?
What is the best way to transfer from one version to the latest?
eg.
Save Database,Tar up $SPIP_HOME,uncompress $SPIPHOME_TEST,restore database?
How can I implement a polling/Voting system using SPIP?

do you think that a, b, c ,d?

Is there a way to create your own forms in SPIP?
Is there a plugin besides multiple document versions?

can anyone please help?

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From: L'oiseau2nuit <l.oiseau2nuit@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Spip-en] Error in backup (. . .)!
To: Ole Sandberg <ole.sandberg@gmail.com>

Hmmm Weird... Try verifying the Chmod on /ecrire/data and set it to 777 for
the time of the upgrade (don't forget to rest it after to its default value
!)

Then you can read the latest mail exchange on this list between Terez, Fil,
Gilles and I which were orientes toward the same question, and in wich,
between other, we were considering that the article you linked was really
not up to date (2006 !)

read
http://archives.rezo.net/spip-en.mbox/200903.mbox/ajax/%3cdfa118560903260542x7a147215gc47176c8a7bc815d@mail.gmail.com%3efor
more

Rgds,
Etienne.

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Ole Sandberg <ole.sandberg@gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm trying to update a website to a newer version of Spip. I was not
> the one originally installing it, but I know how to work in spip (the
> design language - I don't know much about databases). Now I would like
> to change the website and thought I should update the Spip first.
>
> I try to follow the directions in "how to update spip":
> http://www.spip.net/en_article2154.html
>
> So first I want to make a backup of the database. First fail. I click
> "backup the database" in the admin section but all that happens is
> that I get the message "Error in backup (. . .)!"
>
> I check the ftp and in the folder /ecrire/data there is a file called
> "dump.gz" ... but maybe that's an old one, I don't know. What could be
> the reason for the "Error in backup (. . .)!" ?
> Do I need to change some permission parameters?
>
> Ole
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epilibre · Mars 31, 2009, 11:15

Hi,

You have a lot of questions, you should create different post.

Whatever, here are a fe comments for them :

1), 2) and 3)
To backup the databases (or make a copy of them), the best way I've
found is to dupplicate them in phpMyAdmin (this is accessible with the
"Operations" tab)

Then you make a fresh install of SPIP2 in another directory than the
current version. And choise your copied database during the
intallation process.

Of course it's not always possible, especially if your provider
doesn't alow you to manage several databases. Is it your case ?

If you can't dupplicate your database :
1'), 2') an 3')
- Install a fresh version of SPIP3 in an empty directory, by
indicating during the installation process (on the page containing the
databases list) that you want to choose a prefix other than "spip"
(for ex. "spip2")
- In the current version, in the "Configuration . site Maintenance"
page, export you data in the spip admin area ( => file dump.xml). Copy
them into the subdirectory tmp/dump/ of your fresh install (you have
to create it).
- Also copy the files/folders of IMG/ into the same directory of your
spip2.0 install
- login to the spip2.0 admin area
- import the dump.xml file

That's all for the easiest part : without plugin

The problem of compatibility will certainly come from your plugins.
However, if you don't want to upgrade them, the plugin "compat193" can
make them work with SPIP2 : download it in this archive of the dev
branch of spip-zone :
http://files.spip.org/plugins/dev.zip

=> create a directory plugins/
- move "compat193' into it
- In the spip's admin area, activate this plugin.
- move the other plugins, one by one, from the previou install (and
activate them between too steps) : this can show you that a plugin
crashes SPIP, and to know wich one.

=> If SPIP crashes after an attempt to use the old plugins (generally
a blank page) :
- rename /plugins into /plugins.old
- remove every files of /tmp/
- log in to the SPIP's admin area

4) How can I implement a polling/Voting system using SPIP?

There is the plugin "Sondage" : you can download it here :
http://www.artego.fr/-Sondages-
It requires Compat193 to work with SPIP2.0

5) Is there a way to create your own forms in SPIP?

SPIP2.0 adds a native way to do it :

6) Is there a plugin besides multiple document versions?

Actually no, but the "mediateque" plugin will do it soon
(Médiathèque - SPIP-Contrib)

.Gilles VINCENT

2009/3/31 cameron <cameron.barnett@gmail.com>:

Hello List Spip-en,

Currently we have spip 1.9.2d and Sarka Spip 2.02 installed and I would like
to preserve the 1.9.2d contents, copy them accross to the latest(2.06) and
then also upgrade to version 3 of Sarka. I am using Ubuntu 2.10.
http://sarka-spip.net/production/spip.php?article357

1) How do I upgrade SPIP version 1.9.2d to 2.0.6? Are the two versions
compatible?

2) Is there a way to manage multiple simultaneous SPIP instances, do I just
assign the test system another port number, if so then where?

3) What is the best way to transfer from one version to the latest?
eg.
Save Database,Tar up $SPIP_HOME,uncompress $SPIPHOME_TEST,restore database?

do you think that a, b, c ,d?

5) Is there a way to create your own forms in SPIP?

6) Is there a plugin besides multiple document versions?

can anyone please help?

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: L'oiseau2nuit <l.oiseau2nuit@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Spip-en] Error in backup (. . .)!
To: Ole Sandberg <ole.sandberg@gmail.com>

Hmmm Weird... Try verifying the Chmod on /ecrire/data and set it to 777 for
the time of the upgrade (don't forget to rest it after to its default value
!)

Then you can read the latest mail exchange on this list between Terez, Fil,
Gilles and I which were orientes toward the same question, and in wich,
between other, we were considering that the article you linked was really
not up to date (2006 !)

read
Discuter chez rezo.net
more

Rgds,
Etienne.

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Ole Sandberg <ole.sandberg@gmail.com>wrote:

I'm trying to update a website to a newer version of Spip. I was not
the one originally installing it, but I know how to work in spip (the
design language - I don't know much about databases). Now I would like
to change the website and thought I should update the Spip first.

I try to follow the directions in "how to update spip":
How to upgrade SPIP - SPIP

So first I want to make a backup of the database. First fail. I click
"backup the database" in the admin section but all that happens is
that I get the message "Error in backup (. . .)!"

I check the ftp and in the folder /ecrire/data there is a file called
"dump.gz" ... but maybe that's an old one, I don't know. What could be
the reason for the "Error in backup (. . .)!" ?
Do I need to change some permission parameters?

Ole
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