#9896: Upgrading from 4.5.3 to 4.6.alpha* can fail (not limited to MacOS X)
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Reporter: jhpalmieri | Owner: GeorgSWeber
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: blocker | Milestone: sage-4.6
Component: build | Keywords: upgrade update dependencies PARI
NewPARI
Author: Leif Leonhardy | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Comment(by leif):
Replying to [comment:65 jhpalmieri]:
> As is often the case with upgrading, I'm puzzled by the logic here. How
can any patches help an upgrade from 4.5.3 (for example) to 4.6?
>
> - Upgrading won't affect files like {{{spkg/standard/deps}}} or
{{{spkg/install}}} as long as those files aren't tracked anywhere -- see
#9433.
{{{sage-upgrade.py}}} also copies these two files (cf. the
{{{pipestatus}}} issue with upgrading to 4.5[.1]).
> - Upgrading will change scripts like {{{sage-upgrade}}}, but of course
it has to be running the old versions during the upgrade process.
The new {{{spkg/install}}} is aware of that, i.e. deals with an old
{{{sage-upgrade}}}, too. (See comments in the patch to the former.)
> I can understand that patches to these files might help in future
versions, but is there any way to deal with 4.5.3 to 4.6?
The patches are intended to especially deal with this (and should ease
future upgrades as well).
> (Meanwhile, I'm building a vanilla 4.5.3 to test the new upgrade path.)
Fine. I've copied a 4.5.3 installation (''of course''^TM^ first running
out of disk space) on Ubuntu 9.04 x86 and am currently running the
upgrade.
Note that when teeing the output it appears to hang, since the user is
prompted, but the output isn't flushed. (One has to type "y" and hit
return to start upgrading.) I'll open a ticket for that.
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