On 13/11/10 05:07, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > I've no idea if the rt-dump-database from 3.6 is intended to work with > 3.8. The name of that utility, as well as the manpage (provided by > Debian, so we should probably improve it) are misleading as to the > purpose of the utility. > > For dumping and loading a database you almost certainly just need to > use mysql's own dump and load commands, paying close attention to > /usr/share/doc/request-tracker3.8/UPGRADING.mysql as Stefan (below) > suggests. Note that the referenced upgrade script is at > /usr/share/request-tracker3.8/etc/upgrade/upgrade-mysql-schema.pl > on Debian systems. > > This bug report can probably serve as a valid documentation bug, > noting that the manpage can be improved; and also that the > UPGRADING.mysql file could be tweaked slightly for MySQL upgrades.
The docs in /usr/share/doc/request-tracker3.8 are a confusing mix of Debian and upstream information. Given that upgrading from 3.6 in lenny to 3.8 in squeeze is the common case, I was expecting clear instructions saying something like "request-tracker3.8 is parallel-installable with request-tracker3.6, to non-destructively upgrade your database, perform these simple steps:" There is something like this in README.Debian, but I didn't see it as it's not on the first page, which just refers to NOTES.Debian, so I assumed it'd be in there. That is where I got the usage of rt-dump-database, as I hadn't installed rt3.8-db-mysql. I assumed because it did dumps and reloads that upgrades were handled by it outside the database, rather than running scripts on the database. -- James Andrewartha Network & Projects Engineer Christ Church Grammar School Claremont, Western Australia Ph. (08) 9442 1757 Mob. 0424 160 877 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
