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Once you are done with the upgrade, look at, say, [[Recipe: python program reads cubed-sphere data]] and make sure the highlighting is there!
Once you are done with the upgrade, look at, say, [[Recipe: python program reads cubed-sphere data]] and make sure the highlighting is there!
== Update MIME Types ==
Mediawiki's MIME tables need updating to allow .mm files as an XML file extension. To do this edit:
includes/libs/mime/mime.types
and change:
application/xml xml xsl xsd kml
to
application/xml xml xsl xsd kml mm


== Update the Database ==
== Update the Database ==
=== Rename the wiki directory ===
First, you move away the old wiki directory and make the new install <tt>wiki/</tt>


=== Set repo to read only ===
=== Set repo to read only ===
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  $ /usr/local/php56/bin/php maintenance/update.php
  $ /usr/local/php56/bin/php maintenance/update.php
=== ISSUES ===
It turns out [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Tv1swbwrwjpakgmk due to a bug in Mediawiki], you cannot run update.php if the site is in readonly mode. This is scary. It could mean inconsistent DB for any users on the wiki at that time.