Core Files

New Member Joined: May 19, 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Canada

I updated from 2.51.to 2.5.2 with no probs
Was just wondering if i need to edit the core files anyways??

Im using Platinum 7.6b4

Thxs

Sells PC To Pay For Divorce Joined: Posts: 5661

as far as i know of ...no.
only change from 2.4.2 was the removal of the javasscript lines in javascripts.php

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:27 pm

Thxs
I just did updated part, i didnt think i needed the core files done
everything worked fine with out touching them
thxs again

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:28 pm

ok good luck Wink

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:56 pm

I too am preparing to upgrade from 2.5.1 to 2.5.2. I have had Sentinel not long, since one of the 2.4.x's. I was doing a quick glance and noticed there was an edit in header.php that I didn't have. If I find anymore I will post.

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:59 pm

like i said.... Wink

the distro comes with a folder called edited core files..
in there is explained what to edit,that includes how to...

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:14 pm

Yes but it isn't obvious if you need to do it again when updating every single version. There are no instructions as to what if anything you need to edit for each increment.

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:39 am

im not saying instructions are great but the edits have to be done just once...
it always was...
but in the upgrade to 2.5.0 the java script part had to be removed...thats all...

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:13 am

Just to offer an additional idea. I will actually do a "diff" (using Beyond Compare 2, but you could even use Winmerge) of the new NukeSentinel distribution and the one I am currently running.. it highlights for me what has really changed and I can make the determination if anything chgd in the core edits.

The core edits do not change very often.

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:58 am

Unless I missed an edit or two last upgrade, it looks like the mainfile.php and header.php edits are different for this version.

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:55 am

I was aware that there were changes in this particular release, but like I said, it doesn't happen often (didn't say it never happened lol). Rarely will it happen with the patch levels.

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:09 am

Agreed it doesn't happen often, but the only way to check is to do diffs like you suggest. I think there have been some small changes this time.

Worker Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 155 Location: Virginia

My upgrade from 2.5.1 to 2.5.2 went well. I did not make any edits.

I am puzzled by the IP2Country update. I downloaded the .DIFF version of the latest country data. Here's what happened:

1) I backed up my database before (11.9 megs)

2) upgraded to 2.5.2 and imported .diff country tables via. phpMyAdmin

3) Backed up database again (11.0 megs)

Why would my database size be reduced by nearly 1 meg with this update, unless I overwrote my full country table data with a smaller file. Seems like the database would be bigger. Confused

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:00 am

had you optimized your tables prior to taking the original backup? If it had been a long, long time since you had done that, maybe it had that much to give back? Not sure, just was the first thought that had come to mind.

Involved Joined: Jul 15, 2004 Posts: 252 Location: OKC, OK

utssace, in the IP2Contry tables they dropped the country name as redundant so it is a smaller databaase now.

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:32 pm

Ah, I didn't realize that. Thanks Tao_Man! Very good to know.

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:35 am

I see. That makes sense....thanks