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Zoramite
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January 10, 2011
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CHF1 for ColdFusion 9.0.1: Ignoring invalid file

  • January 10, 2011
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I'm trying to update a WAR installation of CF9 on my dev environment and I can't get the hot fix to apply correctly.

I am running a jetty container on Ubuntu 10.10.

When I try to apply the hotfix through the admin it says that it updated successfully but needs to be restarted. When I restart and go back to the system information page it shows the same old version: 9,0,0,251028. In the console it outputs the following: Ignoring invalid file in updates directory: chf9010001.jar

I've tried changing the permissions on the file and redownloading it a couple of times but so far it doesn't change and the admin still shows that it is not valid.
MD5 Sum:
4986ed2834fb9c9a551e7aa64c687fd5  chf9010001.jar
What am I missing that needs to be done in a WAR environment to update the server?
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    andyallan
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    January 10, 2011

    You need to install the 9.01 update before you can install a hotfix for 9.01 (your version number shows you are still running 9.0)

    Andy

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    ZoramiteAuthor
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    January 10, 2011

    Thanks, I'll give that a try. I thought since it was a cumulative it would be able to applied to the downloaded install, but I guess I missed the fact that the 9.0.1 was a separate upgrade.

    Charlie Arehart
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    Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 10, 2011

    Yep, and to add to Andy's helpful note, note that there was in fact a CFH for 9.0, but 9.01 is indeed a different release with its how hotfixes and CHFs.

    So you can either get the 9.0 CHF, or if you want the many more fixes and few new features of 9.01, upgrade to that (and then apply its CHF).

    To be clear, you do NOT get the "absolute latest" version when you download the installer from Adobe. Indeed, someone downloading CF today would get 9.0, with no HFs, not 9.01 (and similarly, someone downloading 9.01 today would not get its HFs). That's just the way it is. I blogged about the situation recently:

    http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2010/12/11/cfmyths_latest_installer_includes_all_updates

    The various pages make some mention of this stuff, but many think it's still not quite clear enough.

    /charlie

    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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