[Zope] Zope update

[J Cameron Cooper]

Josef Burger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to update from Zope 2.7.4 to Zope 2.7.6
> 
> What is the easiest way?
> 
> Unfortunately there is no description of how an update of Zope is done. I'm running Plone on it. I tried to newly install Zope 2.7.6 and then copied the backed-up Data.fs file and the content of the Products folder. It didn't work very well. There should be no version conflicts with Plone as I checked on the Plone web site.

"Didn't work very well" is not a good description of a problem.

You should be able to replace the existing Zope SOFTWARE_HOME with a new 
version. (I don't know if over-writing is safe; I wouldn't count on it.) 
This may be easiest.

You should also be able to install Zope in a different location, create 
a new instance, and copy over the config files, products, and Data.fs of 
your old instance.

(All this is because the instance scripts point to a specific 
SOFTWARE_HOME. You could also change that.)

		--jcc
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