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Not thrilled that there’s no #NextCloud upgrade path between #PHP 7.4 and PHP 8.2 as I just changed #Devuan ’s major version.

This is because NextCloud refuses to upgrade more than one major version at a time, and on the upgrade path from PHP 7.4 to PHP 8.2, NextCloud version 25 supports neither of them.

Currently compiling a PHP 8.1 executable to hopefully run the version 25 upgrade console command before I move on to version 26 which supports PHP 8.2.

Phew 🥵
#php #nextcloud #Devuan
:debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :opensuse:
:debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :opensuse:  
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You should be able to use Surys repo to get other PHP versions, so no need for manually compile it
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@:debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :fedora: So far I haven’t had any luck using these sources with Devuan, the installer complains there no available target architecture as it’s apparently looking explicitly for “debian”. It’s been a while though, I’d say a couple years, maybe it has changed since.
@:debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :opensuse:
:debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :opensuse:
:debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :opensuse:  
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I think you can change it to "bookworm" or approprioate in the sources-file

I have to check
Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac  
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I don't get it, how did you find yourself in this situation?
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Emmanuel Florac - Initial situation: PHP 7.4 Nextcloud 24 (apparently?)
- Upgrade to PHP 8.2
- Nextcloud refuses to start because of missing support for PHP 8.2
- Download Nextcloud 27 (latest) manually
- Upgrade console command refuses to skip a major version
- Download Nextcloud 26 manually
- Upgrade console command refuses to skip a major version
- Download NextCloud 25 manually
- Upgrade console command refuses to start because of missing support for PHP 8.2
@Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac  
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Ah I see, that's going from Debian 11 to Debian 12. jurisic.org has a proper Nextcloud 25 package for Debian 12.
Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac  
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@Hypolite Petovan yeah that's tricky... That's why I'm using Jurisic's packages, they take care of the gory details (upgrade from 24-deb11 to 24-deb12, then 25, then 26, etc) Check https://www.jurisic.org/

Jurišić blog

Little cookbook of informatic and technology - page 1
www.jurisic.org
@Hypolite Petovan
⚡Thierry Talbert🐧
⚡Thierry Talbert🐧  
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@Hypolite Petovan
I do the same last week, upgrading debian 11 to 12 and after that upgrading nextcloud from 25 to 27 version. I have made a small modification for the first upgrade of nextcloud 25 to 26.
Problem solved ?

edit
i follow this post to make the upgrade
https://help.nextcloud.com/t/upgrade-to-debian-12-bookworm/163944/14


Upgrade to Debian 12 Bookworm

I had the same problem. for me the easiest solution was: first update to debian bookworm then in the nextcloud directory change the file lib/versioncheck.
Nextcloud community
@Hypolite Petovan
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Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@⚡Thierry Talbert🐧 Merci Thierry, j’ai pensé à faire ça aussi mais j’ai eu peur d’être coincé au milieu de la mise à jour du coup j’ai préféré la faire à la réglementaire.
@⚡Thierry Talbert🐧
⚡Thierry Talbert🐧
⚡Thierry Talbert🐧  
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@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@⚡Thierry Talbert🐧 Le problème dans ce cas c’est NextCloud et sa vérification stricte d’un éventail de versions autorisées très étroit. Iels font ça pour se couvrir un max, comme tu as pu le constater ce n’est pas une limite technique.
@⚡Thierry Talbert🐧
⚡Thierry Talbert🐧
⚡Thierry Talbert🐧  
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@Hypolite Petovan ah ! Mais donc tu sous-entends qu'il y a bien une compatibilité ascendante dans les fonctions php.
Donc yep, ils sont bien fautifs, ils devraient au moins mettre en place un update version free ou un truc qui ne bloque pas tout Nextcloud dans un cas comme celui-là.
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@⚡Thierry Talbert🐧 Oui, il y a une compatibilité ascendante. Elle n’est pas parfaite, PHP retire des fonctions ou ajoute des mots réservés lors des montées de version majeures, mais la plupart des scripts peuvent encore fonctionner.
@⚡Thierry Talbert🐧
Kinetix
Kinetix  
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I know this is hours old now, but there's a great php repository I use on my debian boxes that has all the versions, and updated frequently. Now if I were in front of a computer, I could share that easily. Just mentioning it as if you were still fighting with it all it might save you some time.
Kinetix
Kinetix  
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And now I see the rest of the thread... lol, sorry.
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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Update: I've realized I was running NextCloud 19 (!) which means I will have to go through 7-8 different manual upgrades until I reach a PHP 8.2 compatible version.

I've been able to import the Sury PHP repository by changing the Devuan's daedalus release name by the Debian's bookworm release name thanks to @:debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :fedora: 's suggestion, and so I won't have to build all the PHP versions I'll need on this painstaking upgrade path.

Onwards!
@:debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :opensuse:
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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Final update: NextCloud 27, here I am at last! I still have to remove three extra PHP binaries and eight extra NextCloud code repository folders and reinstall a few apps but at least it’s working now. 😌
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