[wp-testers] How long does the Auto Update take?

Jason Gottschalk Jason at SYO.Com
Tue Dec 2 21:23:09 GMT 2008


Hello Paleo,

That's what doesn't work. Chris suggested making sure the plugins updater worked. That's what I cannot find.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 3:23:08 PM, you wrote:
Paleo> look under tools and and click upgrade.


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Paleo> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Jason Gottschalk <Jason at syo.com> wrote:
>> Hello Chris,

>> I'm the host, so I guess I'm up the creek if I can figure it out!

>> I see a plugin installer, but not an updater, where is it?

>> Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 11:46:33 AM, you wrote:
>> Chris> Perhaps its your host? Are you able to upgrade plugins automatically? Or
>> Chris> do you have the same issue?


>> Chris> Jason Gottschalk wrote:
>>>> Hello Kirk,

>>>> "Depending on how many..." I thought this might be it since I had not had a successful update in weeks.

>>>> I tried an update this morning, after a successful run last night on the third try, but it too failed on the "cannot copy wp-trackback.php" error.

>>>> I have not been dectivating any plugins (I have one)
>>>> PHP version is: 5.2.4


>>>> GET THIS...... :)

>>>> I have determined that I get this error *every other time* I run the update:
>>>> (and it doesn't seem to matter if I deactivate the plug-ins.)


>>>> Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/nightly-builds/wordpress-latest.zip
>>>> Unpacking the core update
>>>> Could not copy file: /public_html/wp-content/upgrade/core/wordpress/wp-trackback.php
>>>> Installation Failed





>>>> Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 8:34:55 AM, you wrote:
>>>> Kirk> Just as an example:

>>>> Kirk> I have low end DSL (128k up/768k down), a Bluehost shared server and
>>>> Kirk> auto update takes anywhere between 5 to 10 seconds depending on how many
>>>> Kirk> files have changed and the load on the server at the time. I'm also
>>>> Kirk> running PHP 5.2.6 (fastCGI). And are you deactivating all your plugins
>>>> Kirk> before you attempt an update? Also, what PHP version are you running and
>>>> Kirk> your connection speed? I know, stupid checks but it's always worth it.

>>>> Kirk> On 12/2/2008 1:07 AM, Jason Gottschalk wrote:

>>>>>> Hello Chris,



>>>>>> 20 minutes on the first try tonight, I gave up.



>>>>>> Went back and it ran 25 minutes then gave an error, it couldn't write wp-trackback.php.



>>>>>> Tried a third time (no changes) and it finished in 30 minutes, successfully.



>>>>>> Phew..... I was getting nervous!



>>>>>> Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 12:50:28 AM, you wrote:
>>>>>> Chris>  Jason Gottschalk wrote:


>>>>>>>> Hello Wp-testers,






>>>>>>>>    Auto update is taking forever for me. I cannot tell what it is doing, seems like it is not doing anything.  I usually give up and move on. I can't tell if actually updates anything or not.










>>>>>> Chris>  It has been telling me its completed in about 2 minutes or so I think.
>>>>>> Chris>  Maybe faster...
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