Upgrading Drupal

Short version = Unable to upgrade from 4.6.5 to 4.7.2 on CentOS3 with mysql-3.23.58-16 and php-4.3.2-30

Long version =

I made a copy of my site in VMware and have been trying to get it upgraded to 4.7.2 all day with no luck. It's very disappointing to a) have so many problems and b) see so many similar problems in this forum unanswered. Original site is over a year old and works as expected, VMware site copy works fine AFAICT.

Linux centos3 2.4.21-40.EL
httpd-2.0.46-56
mysql-3.23.58-16, mysql-server-3.23.58-16
php-4.3.2-30

My process has been:

1) Untar the new version
# tar xzf /root/drupal-4.7.2.tar.gz

2) Diff the .htaccess file and copy if OK or update if not
# diff drupal-4.6.5/.htaccess drupal-4.7.2/.htaccess
# vi drupal-4.7.2/.htaccess
+++ RewriteBase /portal

3) Diff the settings.php file and copy if OK or update if not
# diff drupal-4.6.5/sites/default/settings.php drupal-4.7.2/sites/default/settings.php
# vi drupal-4.7.2/sites/default/settings.php
+++ $db_url = {fixed stuff};
+++ $base_url = {fixed stuff};

4) Copy the file upload area from old to new
# Sometimes skipped this with no differences
# cp -a drupal-4.6.5/files drupal-4.7.2

5) Verify ownership and fix if necessary
# chown -R root.root drupal-4.7.2
# mkdir -m 2755 drupal-4.7.2/files # if needed, sometimes skipped
# chown -R apache.apache drupal-4.7.2/files # if needed, sometimes skipped

I had upgraded from Blogger to Drupal 4.6. Everything was smooth.
When I upgraded from Drupal 4.6 to 4.7. I encountered a problem with the authornames of the comments that were done in Blogger, i.e. the author name is shown as follows for example; <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/2603906" rel="nofollow">JPierre</a>

While I checked the source code of the rendered page, it turned out that drupal has change the "<" to &lt and etc...

How can I fix this?

I recently upgraded from 4.6 to 4.7.2 (very clean, thank you for the upgrade video!!!!) and since doing so I've noticed my Polls which ran fine in 4.6 now allow sporadic multiple voting when it should not (did not in the past).

i tried to upgrade from4.7.0 to 4.7.2. i overwrote drupal files with new ones, then added the "Files" folder, configured the sites/default/settings.php to connect the db, copied the old .htaccess file in root directory. after that nothing else but a 500 "Internal server Error" was displayed.

i tried to restore the old install with old files (i have a complete back up), but strangely it gave the same result. (2 days ago it was working ok).

i even tried to install a new drupal from scratch (with new database tables), with no success.

Since my Drupal 4.6->4.7 upgrade I can add vocabularies but not terms. also, I cannot list terms. Clicking on either of these links just refreshes the page.

Hi,
I've installed Drupal 4.7.2 because I've found some problem with update.php script to update from Drupal 4.5.x
Now, my problem is:
how can I modify my old db to work with Drupal 4.7.2?
or, how can I popolate my new db from old db?

I need to import my old informations such as Users, nodes etc.

Help me!

Thanks,
WaPoNe