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Hi,
I'm an s9y n00b, and I'm not a programmer, so please bear with me...

I was wondering if there was a way to force the upgrade script to run on the .diff files that I've downloaded from the links on the s9y blog page... I understand how to add all the updates manually via cut and paste, but I figured it might be automated(?). Maybe the upgrade script only does SQL and doesn't work on them?

BTW: I'm learning alot - with s9y and the plugins, the code comments, variables, classes, etc. make it easy for even a PHP novice to kind of see what's going on - Good Job & THX!

Any help appreciated!

Thanks!

I don't think there is a way to use Serendipity's upgrade script to do this (hope not, for security), but you may want to take a look at the GNU patch utility, which will modify the files automatically, so you don't have to copy and paste

Also for what you're trying to do you should best use our SVN nightly snapshots available in our download section...

Regards,
Garvin

I've been shying away from using the nightly builds because I want some level of stability under load and with the plugins that I rely on, and changing only a few files means I can replace the old ones pretty fast. Plus - I'm not as good at troubleshooting as some of you cats...

As for GNU patch, - I can't believe I hadn't thought of it... Since I'm on shared hosting and my home linux box is down right now... I'll try the GNU-win32 patch: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm

Or... I think I might run a seperate, parallel beta installation with a duplicate db and try the nightly build for a little while...

Thanks guys!