Please bear with us
We’re having a little problem with the blog. It can be summarised thus:
- PlusNet, in their infinite wisdom, installed a new CGI web server.
- To be fair to them, the upgrade was much needed.
- But lo! Why did they have to change platforms (Linux to FreeBSD)?
- In the process, different versions of Perl, DB_File.pm and the associated system shared object were installed.
- So, whatever I did, I couldn’t do db_upgrade or db_dump/db_load! (a la MT’s Troubleshooting Guide).
- As far as I know, no warning about the upgrade was given. The first I knew that something was amiss was when my Mother-in-Law couldn’t post a comment on Laura’s blog, also hosted at PlusNet.
- I managed to dump and restore the database files on my local machine (Redhat Linux), then do a plain-text export using a local MT install.
- I really am thinking about ditching PlusNet, though, and hosting this site elsewhere.
- Harrumph.