Automatic update failure

  • kitfreeman

    (@kitfreeman)


    10 years ago

    Hi
    I’ve hit a problem automatically updating from 4.0 to 4.0.1. The update fails with the following message:

    “The update cannot be installed because we will be unable to copy some files. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.: wp-admin/includes/update-core.php”

    I’ve run auto update on the same site many times before with no problems, and two other sites on the same server auto updated perfectly.

    Can anyone suggest a solution, please?

    Best, K

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  • jack randall

    (@theotherlebowski)

    hmm…

    what are the permissions on the main wp-content and wp-includes folders?

    Thread Starter kitfreeman

    (@kitfreeman)

    0755. I ran these commands on the whole install:
    find [path]/public_html/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
    find [path]/public_html/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

    jack randall

    (@theotherlebowski)

    any luck?

    Thread Starter kitfreeman

    (@kitfreeman)

    Nope. Still fails. Thanks for your suggestions. Googling suggests this is a fairly common but very tricky problem. I’ve been in touch with my hosting company and all seems good at their end. My two other blogs auto update fine.

    jack randall

    (@theotherlebowski)

    have you tried manually uploading things?

    Thread Starter kitfreeman

    (@kitfreeman)

    Yep, I did a manual update. I’m trying auto-REinstalls now. Since these fail with the same error message, I assume the problem remains and needs to be fixed before next update.

    jack randall

    (@theotherlebowski)

    i’ll keep thinking on it and try to come up something…

    Thread Starter kitfreeman

    (@kitfreeman)

    Thanks! ??

    May I please “bump” this topic as I too have spent hours trying to resolve this without success. I cannot do a one-click update from WP 4.0.1 to 4.1. Whenever I try, I get a Page Not Found at https://www.mydomain.com/wp-admin/update-core.php?action=do-core-upgrade.

    The file update-core.php is present and correct.

    I have checked all permissions as detailed in the thread above.

    I have tried with all plugins de-activated – without success.

    Thanks to anyone who can help!

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