I spoke too soon...(2) is patently false. I imagine there's a bug in
detecting if tables.sql should be used vs. doing the updaters.

-Chad

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 10:04 AM Chad <[email protected]> wrote:

> Two things here:
>
> 1) The installer gives you a chance to change these settings on upgrade.
> Not all should be changeable though I suppose--there's no real way to
> differentiate though...maybe an upgrade shouldn't allow changing them at
> all...
>
> 2) That sounds like the postgres installer should wrap its table creations
> with something like IF NOT EXISTS.
>
> Neither are really specific to 1.27.3--or Postgres for that matter, beyond
> the bug probably only being in its schema. Basically MediaWiki from 1.17.0
> and beyond (new installer) would have this issue.
>
> -Chad
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:30 AM Victor Sudakov <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I'm trying to upgrade my Wiki to MediaWiki 1.27.3 (FreeBSD 10.3,
>> PostgreSQL 9.2).
>>
>> The wiki/mw-config script correctly finds the existing
>> LocalSettings.php, I enter the upgrade key, then it says "The
>> environment has been checked. You can install MediaWiki."
>>
>> On the next page I check "Use the same account as for installation"
>>
>> On the next page, the installer asks me to enter "Name of wiki",
>> "Project namespace", administrator username/password etc. Why? I'm
>> upgrading, not installing from scratch. Everything's already there in
>> LocalSettings.php!
>>
>> Never mind, I enter all this anew. On the next step: a database error.
>> Please see the traceback below.
>>
>> It looks like the installer is trying to create a new wiki instead of
>> upgrading the existing one.
>>
>> Can you please help?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the
>> software.
>>
>>     Query:
>>     CREATE TABLE mwuser ( -- replace reserved word 'user'
>>      user_id                   INTEGER  NOT NULL  PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT
>> nextval('user_user_id_seq'),
>>      user_name                 TEXT     NOT NULL  UNIQUE,
>>      user_real_name            TEXT,
>>      user_password             TEXT,
>>      user_newpassword          TEXT,
>>      user_newpass_time         TIMESTAMPTZ,
>>      user_token                TEXT,
>>      user_email                TEXT,
>>      user_email_token          TEXT,
>>      user_email_token_expires  TIMESTAMPTZ,
>>      user_email_authenticated  TIMESTAMPTZ,
>>      user_touched              TIMESTAMPTZ,
>>      user_registration         TIMESTAMPTZ,
>>      user_editcount            INTEGER,
>>      user_password_expires     TIMESTAMPTZ NULL
>>      )
>>     Function: DatabaseBase::sourceFile(
>> /usr/local/www/mediawiki/maintenance/postgres/tables.sql )
>>     Error: 42P07 ERROR: relation "mwuser" already exists
>>
>> Backtrace:
>>
>> #0 /usr/local/www/mediawiki/includes/db/DatabasePostgres.php(448):
>> DatabaseBase->reportQueryError('ERROR:  relatio...', '42P07', 'CREATE TABLE
>> mw...', 'DatabaseBase::s...', false)
>> #1 /usr/local/www/mediawiki/includes/db/Database.php(901):
>> DatabasePostgres->reportQueryError('ERROR:  relatio...', '42P07', 'CREATE
>> TABLE mw...', 'DatabaseBase::s...', false)
>> #2 /usr/local/www/mediawiki/includes/db/Database.php(3057):
>> DatabaseBase->query('CREATE TABLE mw...', 'DatabaseBase::s...')
>> #3 /usr/local/www/mediawiki/includes/db/Database.php(2978):
>> DatabaseBase->sourceStream(Resource id #51, false, false,
>> 'DatabaseBase::s...', false)
>> #4
>> /usr/local/www/mediawiki/includes/installer/PostgresInstaller.php(609):
>> DatabaseBase->sourceFile('/usr/local/www/...')
>> #5 [internal function]:
>> PostgresInstaller->createTables(Object(PostgresInstaller))
>> #6 /usr/local/www/mediawiki/includes/installer/Installer.php(1476):
>> call_user_func(Array, Object(PostgresInstaller))
>> #7
>> /usr/local/www/mediawiki/includes/installer/WebInstallerInstall.php(45):
>> Installer->performInstallation(Array, Array)
>> #8 /usr/local/www/mediawiki/includes/installer/WebInstaller.php(279):
>> WebInstallerInstall->execute()
>> #9 /usr/local/www/mediawiki/mw-config/index.php(81):
>> WebInstaller->execute(Array)
>> #10 /usr/local/www/mediawiki/mw-config/index.php(39): wfInstallerMain()
>> #11 {main}
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
>> AS43859
>>
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