1.1.4 to 1.1.5 failed, 'Error in Package Installation'

[societyofrobots]

I'm trying to upgrade from 1.1.4 to 1.1.5, but clicking on the upgrade button gives me only this:

Error in Package Installation

At least one error was encountered during a test installation of this package. It is strongly recommended that you do not continue with installation unless you know what you are doing, and have made a backup very recently. This error may be caused by a conflict between the package you're trying to install and another package you have already installed, an error in the package, a package which requires another package that you don't have installed yet, or a package designed for another version of SMF.
Installation Readme



Install Actions
Installations actions for "SMF 1.0.13 / 1.1.5 / 2.0 b3.1 Update":
Installing this package will perform the following actions:  Type Action Description
1. Execute Modification smf_1-1-4_to_1-1-5_patch.mod Modification parse error
2. Execute Modification smf_1-1-5_can_fail.xml Modification parse error
3. Execute Modification - Modification parse error

Upgrading anyway doesn't change anything. Manually uploaded v1.1.5 files, but it still says I have v1.1.4. I'd attempt to use upgrade.php, but according to this post, it has a bug.

I've been having trouble since the last upgrade with still unresolved problems:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=213862.msg1362706#msg1362706
(not sure if its related or not)

thoughts?

[metallica48423]

it is most likely related.

this is a file//folder permissions/ownershp error.   It is either caused by a poor server configuration or incorrect permissions setup.

The package manager needs a temporary directory, usually called 'temp' to function.  This folder is created within /Packages when a mod is attempted to be installed.  If the permissions/ownership is incorrect it can't make the folder and thus it can't extract and parse the modification file to begin with.

try logging into FTP, create a folder called 'temp'.  CHMOD it and the /Packages folder it is in to be fully writable.  Then, install this: http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=724

Once its installed, the temp directory MAY be removed one last time, it'll need to be recreated.  future mod installs should not remove the temp directory, allowing future mods to be installed without encountering the limitations of this server setup

[greyknight17]

societyofrobots, is this issue resolved?

[societyofrobots]

nope, still won't work

[N3RVE]

nope, still won't work

Did you do exactly what metallica48423 asked you to do?
I strongly believe SMF is experiencing difficulties creating that dir (temp), In some cases - It's a permission problem because your domain/account is owned by root, so the host needs to transfer ownership to your account.
You can PM me with your login combination to take a look at this personally, you might not want to give out confidential information but the offer is there

-[n3rve]

[metallica48423]

if that did not work then something on the server side is almost definitely blocking it from working

contact your host and ask them to ensure that the webserver user is capable of managing files and such for each file and folder within SMF.

[societyofrobots]

The problem is resolved for now. It was an SMF bug that improperly reported the wrong version number. Forgot where on the forum I read it . . .

Only manually uploading files worked for upgrading . . . I think swapping hosts is in order when I have the time to deal with it again . . .