After apply a patch to update the ojs from 2-3-7 to 2.4.6

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After apply a patch to update ojs from 2-3-7 to 2.4.6 version, Should I update or add any binary file in my installation folder? I see that some features in my current ojs installation after apply the patch is not running perfectly.

Best

Washington.

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Hi Washington,

Did you upgrade the database? See docs/UPGRADE for complete instructions.

The patch won’t include binaries, so you may find some image files are not created in the process.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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I did database upgrade using the web option. but how can I discover files missing on the installation?

I found this text below in http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/UPGRADE:

Patch upgrades will NOT include any binary files that were introduced in the
new version, i.e. any GIF images that are needed in the new version but were
not included in the old version. To find a list of binaries that should be
manually added after applying the patch, search the patch file for lines like:
“Binary files (filename here) differ” (not including the quotes). These files
can be found in the distribution archive.

Could you provide me where i should look to find these binary files missing?

Best Regards.

Washington.

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Hi @washington,

Search the patch file for lines starting with “Binary files”, e.g.:

zcat ojs-2.3.7_to_2.4.6.patch.gz | grep -e "^Binary files"

You can get these files from the distribution tarball.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team