[Vtigercrm-developers] Custom modules and migrating to vt7.5.0

[Rubén A. Estrada Orozco]

Hi Alan,

I've always been hesitant to follow the procedure you mention (and have in
fact never tried it) because of the following: What if one migration script
along the chain relies on code of a specific version that is not the latest
you are migrating to?
Hypothetical example: I migrate from 6.2 to 7.5. Following your procedure
you have vtiger 7.5 code base when executing all the migration scripts. Now
let's say that the migration script from 6.4 to 6.5 relies on vitger's 6.5
code. And that the same code wouldn't work using Vtiger 7.5 code.

Haven't you had that situation?

On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 1:03 AM Alan Lord <alanslists at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 25/07/2023 18:50, Steve Kenow wrote:
> >
> > Having gone through a migration using all the steps of the UI, I know
> > that I get prompted to deactivate any custom modules before proceeding.
> > What's the 'right' way to do this and have the menu entries built?
> >
>
> I generally to use a modified set of migration scripts when moving from
> significant version to version, e.g. v5.x to v7.x or v6.x to v7.x, and
> run them from the command line.
>
> The process I use is something like this...
>
> 1. Install a completely new and clean 7.x. system (or whatever is the
> latest version)
>
> 2. Copy the custom module code into this clean vtiger and then modify
> the code/port the extensions so they work correctly in your new vtiger
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ud-ddTHFfKeuJ6DciVJHNr8B5IR_v_gEBvPXa9TFbZs/edit
>
> 2. Extract your source system and copy over the /storage and /test
> directory contents (You can install it alongside - sometimes that helps
> when testing stuff).
>
> 3. Drop the clean vtiger database and import the source vtiger database
> into the clean system
>
> 4. Run the migration scripts, in-order, within the new system
>
> 5. Clean up anything that's broken ;-)
>
>
> HTH
>
> Al
>
>
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