[rt-users] Upgrading from 4.0.5 to 4.0.17

[Thomas Misilo]

Thanks Kevin, Everything seemed to have worked :)

-----Original Message-----
From: rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com [mailto:rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Falcone
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 4:33 PM
To: rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
Subject: Re: [rt-users] Upgrading from 4.0.5 to 4.0.17

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 05:46:16PM +0000, Thomas  Misilo wrote:
>    I just want to verify the steps I would need to take in order to upgrade to the latest version
>    of RT.
> 
>    Currently I have setup
> 
>    /opt/rt4.0.5
> 
>    /opt/rt4 `a symlink to 4.0.5
> 
>    /opt/rt-4.0.17
> 
>    I know I will need to copy the the RT_SiteConfig.pm to the new version. Will I need to copy
>    any files (other than my theme) over?

You should not copy any files other than the config or other local modifications.

There are database changes between those versions you will need to run.

You should be following any upgrading steps listed in the README and
UPGRADING-4.0 document.

http://bestpractical.com/docs/rt/latest/README.html
http://bestpractical.com/docs/rt/latest/UPGRADING-4.0.html#UPGRADING-FROM-4.0.5-AND-EARLIER

-kevin