Also I would have upgraded in steps. I never recommend doing more than one LTS worth of jumps at a time. When you Start jumping too many versions weird things can start happening.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 4:38 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 4:30 PM Bart Everson <bpeve...@xula.edu> wrote: > > > > Happy to report that I fixed the problem described in my previous query. > I did it by making a fresh install in a new database, which generated a > proper LocalSettings.php file. Edited this to point to the old database > and voila -- everything fixed. > > > > So, it would seem the upgrade process may have some issue with old > LocalSettings.php files. Hope this helps somebody. > > Yeah, that seems to happen on occasion with old LocalSettings.php from > previous installations. We have experienced it several times because > we started our wiki in 2005 or so. > > One other thing you should be sure to do... run 'php > maintenance/update.php' after each upgrade. If the database changes, > then update.php is what handles the changes for you. > > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >
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