On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.morta...@xwiki.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Mahomed Hussein > <maho...@custodiandc.com> wrote: >> Hi >> >> I wonder if anyone could be kind enough to provide me with some advice and >> pointers. I’ve noticed that XWiki runs its distribution upgrade wizard >> automatically when a new version is detected, but even though I pressed >> “Later” it still went ahead and upgraded. Or at least it appeared to have >> upgraded part of the system as the core version at the bottom showed 6.4.3 >> when the extensions etc. were still for 6.4.2. We started with 6.4.2 >> (installed using apt-get on Ubuntu 14.04). So, to summarise my questions: >> >> >> · How do I stop Xwiki from automatically upgrading. I just want it >> to notify me then I can plan the upgrade > > You are mixing two different things. The upgrade wizard is only about > part of XWiki (the standard wiki pages) and it's been triggered > because you upgraded the WAR probably using apt-get upgrade. If you > don't want XWiki to be upgraded by apt-get you need to look at apt-get > configuration.
> As far as I know you can indicate a list of packages to > not be taken into account automatically by apt-get upgrade. I successfully 'blocked' upgrades for XWiki by creating the file /etc/apt/preferences.d/xwiki with this content: Package: xwiki-* Pin: version 6.2.7 Pin-Priority: 1001 See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto Hope this helps, Marius > >> >> · How do you perform a controlled upgrade and test (I appreciate >> that this is a rather in-depth question)? What I need to be able to do is to >> do an upgrade and then be able to fairly easily test that the new version >> doesn’t break any of our documents or functionality that we depend on. Would >> the only way to do this be to keep a list of my changes and check them with >> every upgrade? > > The safest for this is usually to have a test server which is a clone > of the production server on which you do the upgrade and test it > before doing it on the production server. > >> >> Thanks in advance for your time and help. >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> >> >> >> Mahomed Hussein >> Senior NOC Engineer >> >> P.S. We are finalists for Data Centre Colocation Supplier of the year, >> please help us to win and VOTE<http://www.dcsawards.com/voting.php> for us >> here<http://www.dcsawards.com/voting.php> >> >> Tel: +44 (0)1622 230382 >> >> | Email: maho...@custodiandc.com >> >> >> | Web: www.CustodianDC.com<http://www.CustodianDC.com> >> >> >> | Info: info.CustodianDC.com<http://info.CustodianDC.com> >> >> >> [Custodian Data Centres]<http://www.CustodianDC.com> >> [ISO 27001 IS:567248] >> >> Click to VOTE<http://www.dcsawards.com/voting.php> for Custodian! [DCS >> Awards Finalist] >> >> >> [Like us on Facebook!][Follow us on Twitter][See us on YouTube!] >> [Link to us!][Google Plus!] >> >> >> Click here to view our email >> disclaimer<http://www.custodiandc.com/disclaimer.txt> >> Registered Office: Maidstone TV Studios, Vinters Park, Maidstone, Kent ME14 >> 5NZ. Company Number: 07878023 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> users@xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > -- > Thomas Mortagne > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
