[Setup] Re: Migration 2.0.5 -> 2.1.1 failed

[alan runyan]

Nick

Would you be up for writing a simple "How to debug a migration error"?

Alan
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: setup-bounces at lists.plone.org 
> [mailto:setup-bounces at lists.plone.org] On Behalf Of Nick Davis
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:51 AM
> To: setup at lists.plone.org
> Subject: [Setup] Re: Migration 2.0.5 -> 2.1.1 failed
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Does anyone of you have an idea how to investigate the 
> matter further ?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> The best way I believe to investigate it further, is to use 
> pdb, preferably with emacs so it will step through the source 
> code, and set a breakpoint and find out what its stumbling 
> on. You probably already know this. Its in the Plone HOWTOs if not.
> 
> One thing I have learnt from my own stupid mistakes, is 
> always check the log files, find out where the FIRST error 
> is, and put a breakpoint in there and investigate that. Plone 
> has a nasty habit of, instead of failing helpfully and 
> noisily when something is wrong, continuing with the 
> migration and giving later weird errors that are a knock-on 
> effect of something that went wrong earlier.
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Setup mailing list
> Setup at lists.plone.org
> http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup
>