lightbox2 cck imagefield & How to properly upgrade modules to dev?

Posted on December 15, 2008 - 6:41pm by Edgar Saumell.

Hi all,

First sorry for my english, I'm from Spain.

Following instructions at http://drupal.org/node/274714 on how to setup Lightbox2 to work with CCK Imagefield and Imagecache I found that doesn't work with D6 nor in my acquia-drupal-1.1.0-ISR.3593.tar test site.

As I pointed at http://drupal.org/node/274714#comment-1156554 a search on google gave me the answer: switch to dev.
So I tried and it worked.

Then, that make me think: What's the proper way to disable an Acquia bundled module and switch to dev?

What I did:
- Disabled lightbox2 module
- Compressed [docroot]/modules/acquia/lightbox2 into [docroot]/lightbox2 6.x-1.8 acquia.zip to keep track of it just in case I need it later.
- Downloaded last dev (2008-Dec-11) of lightbox2-6.x-1.x-dev.tar
- Installed it into [docroot]/sites/all/modules/
- Enabled it

Please can someone tell me if what I did is correct, or if there is a better way to upgrade bundled modules?

Thanks in advance.

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Brenda Boggs
Acquia Staff

Hi Edgar, Your general idea

Posted on December 16, 2008 - 3:51pm by Brenda Boggs.

Hi Edgar,

Your general idea is correct. Any modules you install in your [docroot]/sites/all/modules directory will override what comes bundled with Acquia Drupal. So, you should be able to just leave the modules living at [docroot]/modules/acquia untouched while placing the dev/newer versions in [docroot]/sites/all/modules.

The most important concept here is that anything custom to your install live in your [docroot]/sites/all directories, to minimize any issues when upgrading your install.

Thanks,

Brenda Boggs
Acquia Technical Assistance Center

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