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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# $Id: upgrade.pl 9743 2006-11-19 13:10:31Z lem9 $
+#
+# upgrade.pl - automatic phpmyadmin upgrader
+#
+#
+# 2005-05-08, swix@users.sourceforge.net:
+# - created script
+#
+# 2005-10-29  swix@users.sourceforge.net:
+# - some fixes & improvements
+#
+
+use strict;
+my $source_url = "http://phpmyadmin.net/home_page/version.php";
+
+
+#
+# usage
+#
+
+if (!$ARGV[0] || (($ARGV[0] eq "--force") && !$ARGV[1])) {
+	print "\n";
+	print "usage: $0 [--force] <target_directory>\n\n";
+	print "  The location specified by <target_directory> will be backed up and replaced\n";
+	print "  by the latest stable version of phpMyAdmin.\n";
+	print "  Your config.inc.php file will be preserved.\n\n";
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+my $forced;
+my $targetdirectory;
+
+if ($ARGV[0] eq "--force") {
+	$forced = 1;
+	$targetdirectory = $ARGV[1];
+} else {
+	$forced = 0;
+	$targetdirectory = $ARGV[0];
+}
+
+if ($targetdirectory =~ /^(.*)\/$/) {
+	# remove trailing slash, if any
+	$targetdirectory = $1;
+}
+
+if (!-d $targetdirectory) {
+	print "error: target directory ($targetdirectory) does not exists\n";
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+if (!-f "$targetdirectory/config.inc.php") {
+	print "error: target directory doesn't seem to contain phpMyAdmin\n";
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+
+#
+# get current release information
+#
+
+my $version;
+my $filename;
+my $directory;
+my $releasedate;
+my @urls;
+my @today;
+my $installedversion;
+
+if (open(LATEST, "wget -o /dev/null -O - $source_url|")) {
+
+	$version = <LATEST>; chomp($version);
+	$releasedate = <LATEST>; chomp($releasedate);
+	$filename = "phpMyAdmin-" . $version . "-all-languages.tar.gz";
+	$directory = "phpMyAdmin-" . $version . "-all-languages";
+
+	my $i = 0;
+
+	while (my $line = <LATEST>) {
+		chomp($line);
+		if ($line =~ /http/) {
+			$urls[$i++] = $line;
+		}
+	}
+
+	close(LATEST);
+
+} else {
+
+	print "error: open of $source_url failed.\n";
+	exit(0);
+
+}
+
+
+if (-d $directory) {
+	print "error: target directory ($directory) already exists, exiting\n";
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+#
+# check the installed version
+#
+
+if (open(DEFINES, $targetdirectory .'/libraries/Config.class.php')) {
+	my $versionStatus = 0;
+	$installedversion = "unknownversion";
+
+	while (my $line = <DEFINES>) {
+
+		next unless $line =~ /'PMA_VERSION',\ '(.*)?'\);$/;
+		$installedversion = $1;
+
+		# take care of "pl", "rc" and "dev": dev < rc < pl
+
+		my $converted_installedversion = $installedversion;
+		$converted_installedversion =~ s/dev/aaa/g;
+		$converted_installedversion =~ s/rc/bbb/g;
+		$converted_installedversion =~ s/pl/ccc/g;
+
+		my $converted_version = $version;
+		$converted_version =~ s/dev/aaa/g;
+		$converted_version =~ s/rc/bbb/g;
+		$converted_version =~ s/pl/ccc/g;
+
+		if ($converted_installedversion gt $converted_version && !$forced) {
+			print "Local version ($installedversion) newer than latest stable release ($version), not updating.  (use \"--force\")\n";
+			exit(0);
+
+		} elsif ($installedversion eq $version && !$forced) {
+			print "Local version ($version) already up to date, not updating  (you can use \"--force\")\n";
+			exit(0);
+
+		} else {
+			$versionStatus = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!$versionStatus && !$forced) {
+		print "Old version could not be identified, not updating  (use \"--force\" if you are sure) \n";
+		exit(0);
+	}
+}
+
+#
+# ask for confirmation
+#
+
+print "\n";
+print "phpMyAdmin upgrade summary:\n";
+print "---------------------------\n";
+print "     phpMyAdmin Path: $targetdirectory\n";
+print "   Installed version: $installedversion\n";
+print "    Upgraded version: $version\n\n";
+print "Proceed with upgrade?  [Y/n] ";
+my $kbdinput = <STDIN>; chomp($kbdinput);
+if (lc(substr($kbdinput,0,1)) ne "y" && length($kbdinput) >= 1) {
+	print "Aborting.\n";
+	exit(0);
+} else {
+	print "Proceeding...\n\n";
+}
+
+
+#
+# get file
+#
+
+if (!-f $filename) {
+
+	print "getting phpMyAdmin $version\n";
+	foreach my $url (@urls) {
+
+		print "trying $url...\n";
+		system("wget -o /dev/null $url");
+		if (-f $filename) {
+			print "-> ok\n";
+			last;
+		}
+	}
+} else {
+	print "already got $filename, not downloading\n";
+}
+
+
+if (!-f $filename) {
+	print "error: $filename download failed\n";
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+
+
+#
+# setup
+#
+
+print "installing...\n";
+
+system("tar xzf $filename");
+if (!$directory) {
+	print "error: $directory still not exists after untar...\n";
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+@today = localtime(time); $today[4]++; $today[5]+=1900;
+my $timestamp = sprintf("%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d", $today[5], $today[4], $today[3], $today[2], $today[1]);
+
+my $backupdir = $targetdirectory . "-" . $timestamp . "-" . $installedversion;
+print "- backup directory: $backupdir\n";
+
+system("cp $directory/config.inc.php $directory/config.inc-dist.php");
+print "- original distribution config.inc.php renamed to config.inc-dist.php\n";
+
+system("cp $targetdirectory/config.inc.php $directory/config.inc.php");
+print "- previous config.inc.php copied to the new setup\n";
+
+system("mv $targetdirectory $backupdir");
+system("mv $directory $targetdirectory");
+system("rm $filename");
+
+print "\ndone!  phpMyAdmin $version installed in $targetdirectory\n";
+print "backup of your old installation in $backupdir\n";
+print "Enjoy! :-)\n\n";