[wp-testers] Automatic upgrade still failing

[Otto]

Unfortunately, I think that the automatic upgrade process is
fundamentally incompatible with a secure site. See, in order for it to
work, all the WordPress files need to be writable by the webserver
(unless the "FTP" method is used). This is a tricky proposition at
best.

Furthermore, overwriting all those files isn't like a plugin upgrade,
with only a few files. It takes a lot longer, more memory, etc.

So much like plugin upgrading, it's not going to always work for
everybody under all conditions. I think this should be made more
clear, somehow. And the recommended way should always be to "do it
yourself". The manual way. It's the safest and sanest way to upgrade
things.

-Otto


On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 11:21 AM, beanz <bean.fairbanks at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am having continued problems with automatic upgrades. It has only
> succeeded twice for me in the last month. A different error message this
> time when trying to upgrade from almost beta to beta.
>
>
> 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
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