you may also want to try www.merlinmanager.com Russ
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Wil Genovese <jugg...@trunkful.com> wrote: > > Yes, there is confusion, but if you follow the instructions closely you > will notice they include which files to removed from the update folder. > There are times when certain jar files are deprecated or overwritten. > While the update process is tedious, if you follow the instructions EXACTLY > you will succeed. I know this, because I've had to fully patch several > CF8.0.1 servers. > > There are a few good resources. > > Charlie Arhart has an excellent writeup > > http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2010/12/12/cfmyths_cumulative_hotfixes > > David Epler's Blog - > > http://www.dcepler.net/post.cfm/what-does-a-fully-patched-coldfusion-8-0-1-server-look-like > > And my blog > http://www.trunkful.com/index.cfm/2011/3/7/When-the-Patch-Fails > > > > > > Wil Genovese > Sr. Web Application Developer/ > Systems Administrator > CF Webtools > www.cfwebtools.com > > wilg...@trunkful.com > www.trunkful.com > > On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Russ Michaels wrote: > > > > > I think there is some confusion here. > > > > If you install a hotfix which is simply a JAR file by uploading it via > the > > cfadmin, it gets uploaded to the UPDATES folder. > > This is where it now gets loaded from. If you delete it from the updates > > folder, CF will no longer load it. Jars loaded from the updates folder > get > > loaded last, so they overwrite the previous classes that had the bugs, > thus > > is is a temporary hotfix. > > When the instructions tell you that you can delete the files, they means > the > > ones you downloaded, not the ones you just installed, which would be > silly. > > Unless they are specifically referring to OTHER files than the ones you > are > > currently installing, such as files to be replaced. > > > > If you are installing an update that is not manual, i.e. there is an > > automated installer, then this usually replaces the original core files > > rather than install hotfixes, so you don;t have to worry about it. > > > > When you install a major update such as 8.0.1 or cumulative hotfix this > will > > (or should) include all the previous hotfixes and updates, so you can > then > > delete them from the updates folder to avoid the hotfix overriding the > > update. You should of course check that they are included in your update > > first though, this information is in the release notes. > > > > Russ > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Rex <li...@chickything.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi Brook, > >> > >> The CF 8.0.0 hotfix instructions says to only delete the following: > >> > >> * hf800-00001.jar > >> * hf800-00002.jar > >> * hf800-70523.jar > >> * hf800-71471.jar > >> * hf800-73122.jar > >> * hf800-1875.jar > >> * hf800-77218.jar > >> * hf800-1878.jar > >> > >> So leave everything else. > >> > >> Also, looks like you applied the 8.0.0 fix (because you applied > >> hf800-00003.jar) but you are following the instructions for 8.0.1 > >> (because you said "You do not need to keep the ColdFusion 8.0.1 > >> cumulative hot fix JAR file after installing it with the ColdFusion > >> Administrator"), so make sure you are using and reading the correct CF > >> version. > >> > >> Make sure you are applying the correct JARs, and deleting the JARs that > >> it tells you to delete. > >> > >> - Rex > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345415 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
