
The following situations are possible –įiles are referred to here, but this also applies analogously to links and directories:Ī file has been changed with the new version. The update procedure will always output a line of explanation when it makesĪ change to a file automatically. Files that have already been changed during the update however remain changed! A new update attempt can be started at any time. Quit the shell with Strg-D in order to proceed with the update.Ībort the update. You will find yourself in a directory containing the relevant file, and there can get a picture of the situation. If you are uncertain, you can open a shell with s. Install the new default file version: your changes in the old file will be lost. Any customisations that may be required must be performed manually. With this you can fall back to the old version of your file, and go without Checkmk’s update for this file. Apart from this the file remains as customised by the user.


The successfully inserted changes are retained. Here you can decide whether to accept the data ‘as is’. Once the editor has been closed Checkmk will reattempt the merge. Now edit the file in order to bypass possible conflicts. This third option in effect ‘closes the triangle’ by showing the changes which Checkmk intends making to the file.īy selecting t, your original file – without the already successfully-merged changes – will be opened in an editor. This is similar to the above, but based on the preceeding default version shows which changes you have made to the file.

This shows the differences between the new default version and your version of the file in the form of a ‘unified diff’ ( diff -u). Click that and it will open the databases on your site in a new tab.In the situation shown above, you now have the following options: I mention that because I'm using a site on SiteGround for this demo. SiteGround is a bit different in that you login through, but otherwise it's the same as everywhere else. There are many ways hosts set this up, but you should usually be able to get there by going to /cpanel replacing with your domain. Lets go through a typical scenario of fixing this error. You will usually log in through phpMyAdmin in cPanel and the table will usually be called wp_options. How to fix "Another update is currently in progress" WordPress Error: Log into your database and remove the lines "auto_updater.lock" and "core_updater.lock" from the options table. You could leave the site alone for 15 minutes and it will usually resolve itself, but that's not why you're here.

This is caused by a line (possibly two) in the database that is supposed to stop clashing updates, but sometimes gets stuck.
