Updating drupal 8 core (local procedure)

  1. Download drupal-8.X.Y.gz into /tmp
  2. tar zxf /tmp/drupal-8.X.Y.tar.gz
  3. /root/fix_drupal_perms drupal-8.X.Y
  4. cd drupal-8.X.Y
  5. cp -p ../drupal8/.htaccess .
  6. cd sites/default
  7. rsync -vauH ../../../drupal8/sites/default/files .
  8. rsync -vauH ../../../drupal8/sites/default/settings.php .
  9. cd ../../..
  10. service httpd stop
  11. rm -f drupal8
  12. ln -s drupal-8.X.Y drupal8
  13. service httpd stop
  14. Visit: http://drupal.my.desk:8888/update.php

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