How does an installation determine it's version?

[markhurd]

I just upgraded a site from 2.8.2 to 2.8.3 this morning. Updating my development copy went exactly as expected; pushed the changes to SVN and then to the prod server.

All of the files seem to have been sent successfully but I still see the "TYPOlight version 2.8.3 available" under system messages on the prod server - but not dev! All files and the database appear to be up to date.

Am I missing a file modification that sets this message? Could it be a permissions issue? Our prod server does not require the safe mode hack, if that's a clue.

I found the following in system/constants.php, but it's the same in both dev and prod:

define('VERSION', '2.8');
define('BUILD', '2');

Thanks!

[FloB]

Looks like this file hasn't been updated. I updated one 2.8.2 yesterday and it displays the correct version.

You should run the typolight-check to see if the other files have been updated.

[markhurd]

I ran the new TL check tool and about 15-20 files (including constants.php) are listed as corrupted.

When upgrading from 2.8.2 to 2.8.3 I simply synced the directories to update the changed files. How could the file corruption have occurred? The site seems to function correctly despite the corrupted files.

Should I try unpacking a clean 2.8.3 and overwrite the existing directory structure (keeping localconfig, tl_files, etc preserved)?

[markhurd]

Well I got it fixed up by going through typolight-check.php and manually replacing all the corrupted files with clean ones from a 2.8.3 installer. Seems to have resolved any problems across the board.

I'd still like to know how any possible ways the files became corrupted to begin with, however!

[FloB]

Seems like your syncing wasn't very efficient and outdated files haven't been updated .

Did you consider using the LiveUpdate-Feature? It's ubereasy and very efficient (and not at all costly).

[Doublespark]

I swapped to Live Update for my sites about a month ago. It saves me loads of time and hassle, wish I had done it from day one.