For the most part, run.php update just needs the database related config. If you do a new fresh installation of mediawiki, take the newly generated LocalSettings.php file and adjust the db config to point to your sqlite db, that should be enough to get through the command line update script.
On Thursday, 14 August 2025, Tim Moody <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a sqlite mediawiki database, which I think is version 1.36, with > around 10K articles. > > I tried installing 1.44 mediawiki and in startup declaring the sqlite > file, and it offers to update, but when I click continue it returns 504 > after awhile and htop shows php with 100% CPU that never ends (at least > after 12 hours) The datetime of the sqlite file does increment for about 10 > - 15 minutes and stop. If I kill it and reboot, there is still no > LocalSettings.php, so it wants to start over. > > Is there a way to confirm from the database that it is version 1.36? > > Is there a manual upgrade that only does the database and with this > relatively large number of articles? php maintenance/run.php update wants a > LocalSettings.php file which is a result of the upgrade process. > > Thanks, > > Tim >
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