I was not very active the last years, so a bit behind with updates.
Today I updated from 2.0.12 to 2.0.13. No problem.
Reloaded my forum, and updated from 2.0.13 to 2.0.14: fatal error with PHP. I figured out that my my websites were still running on an older PHP version, so updated to PHP 5.6.
Reloaded the forum, everything works perfect again.
Then tried to go from 2.0.14 to 2.0.15. It mentioned package was uploaded successfully, so I pushed install now, and got this message:
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.
I deleted the downloaded 2.0.15, and through the update link from the email, downloaded the ..15 again. Same problem, same error message.
I have a very simple forum, no special tricks, and all 17 active packages/mods installed show a green "current version". Some mods I uploaded but not installed yet because at the time I was not sure I wanted that feature in the end.
Interesting is that the package 2.0.14 update is shown as "current version" and not as older version?
Any idea?
http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Error_in_mod_installation
Also, if you have Stop Spammer installed, visit that mod's support thread for a fix.
Thanks.
Stop Spammer was the culprit. I deleted it, installed 2.0.15, and now will try re-install stop spammer using the suggested edit. That whole thread is on this problem, but this quote sums it up nicely.
Quote from: nax on December 02, 2017, 07:41:40 AM
For anyone else trying here is the step by step guide.
Backup your SMF files, make a note of the Stop Spammer settings in Admin/Registrations/Settings
Put the site into maintenance mode.
Uninstall the Stop Spammer Mod
Install SMF 2.0.15
Edit the file on your server /Sources/ManageMembers.php
find the string:- if ($context['sub_action'] == 'query' && empty($_POST))
replace with if ($context['sub_action'] == 'query' && !empty($_REQUEST['params']) && empty($_POST))
reinstall the Stop Spammer mod.
Off course I initially forgot to make back-ups, just did so. Today I will try reinstall stop spammer; too useful to miss.
That is the incorrect edit. Read the stop,spammer support thread for the correct one