J5 BC Compatibity plugin issues

ruud

Was glad to hear that version 9.4.0 finally doesn't need the Joomla Backward Compatibility plugin anymore.
After updating Acymailing to version 9.4.0 I switched it off and #boom... site down and not accessible anymore. I needed to go into my database to enable the backward compatibility plugin again.
I opened an ssh shell to my server and searched for the incompatible jplugin class and it turns out that after upgrading to 9.4.0 the plugins where NOT upgraded causing the site outage.

On one site I have downgraded to 9.3.1 (which failed), installed 9.4.0 agian (which gave an error) and repeated that 3 or 4 times and then i saw on that site that the plugins where indeed also upgraded to version 9.4.0.

On other sites I am not that lucky: no way the plugins are upgraded.

How can I 'force' the upgrade to not only the component but also to the plugin that come with acymailing?

jvstratum

Hi,

Can you try this:

Enable the compatibility plugin
Update your 9.3.1 to 9.4.0
Visit the Acymailing dashboard
Disable the compatibility plugin

ruud

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On site #3 I found out that the plugins where only updated on visiting the Acymailing dashboard.
When using automated tools to update extensions this will then not work: as what happened with my sites.

Maybe as a tip: when installing show a notification that you need to visit the dashboard to complete the upgrade, or redirect to the dashboard automatically after upgrade so the upgrade will complete.
This will not solve the issue with automated updates but at leas It will give some pointers to site administrators.

Anyway, Thanks for following up @[deleted] appreciate it!

jvstratum

Thanks for lwetting us know. I'm glad you've manged to solve your issues.