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cite="mid:OFB4CB3E4E.EEE15FB5-ONC12579E5.00416A88-C12579E5.00423B90@tmnet.dk"
type="cite"><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Dear List.</font>
<br>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">While trying to update OpenCms
from
7.5.3 to 8.0.3 i get the following error at step 5:<br>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">18:
at
org.opencms.setup.CmsUpdateThread.run(CmsUpdateThread.java:191)</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">17:
at
org.opencms.setup.CmsUpdateThread.kill(CmsUpdateThread.java:106)</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">16:
at org.opencms.main.CmsShell.exit(CmsShell.java:577)</font>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">15:
java.lang.NullPointerException</font>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">14:
at
org.opencms.setup.CmsUpdateThread.run(CmsUpdateThread.java:191)</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">13:
at
org.opencms.setup.CmsUpdateThread.kill(CmsUpdateThread.java:106)</font>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">12:
at org.opencms.main.CmsShell.exit(CmsShell.java:571)</font>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">11:
java.lang.NullPointerException</font>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">10:
at
org.opencms.setup.CmsUpdateThread.run(CmsUpdateThread.java:180)</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">9:
at org.opencms.main.CmsShell.start(CmsShell.java:663)</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">8:
at
org.opencms.main.CmsShell.executeCommands(CmsShell.java:835)</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">7:
at
org.opencms.main.CmsShell.executeCommand(CmsShell.java:760)</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">6:
${user}@${project}>java.lang.NullPointerException</font>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">5: ${user}@${project}>#
Turn echo on</font>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">4:
at
org.opencms.setup.CmsUpdateThread.run(CmsUpdateThread.java:143)</font>
<br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">3:
at
org.opencms.main.CmsShell.<init>(CmsShell.java:411)</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">2:
at
org.opencms.main.OpenCmsCore.getInstance(OpenCmsCore.java:297)</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">1:
org.opencms.main.CmsInitException:
Critical error during OpenCms initialization: Unable to read the
OpenCms
XML configuration.</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">I have absolutely no clue how to
solve
this or get other information that might point me in the right
direction.
Could anybody help me in this issue?</font>
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I had similar problems. Somehow the update wizard corrupted one of
the config files when it added some of the new entries.<br>
<br>
My only escape was to take the default opencms configuration files
from the opencms _installation_ (NOT update!) package, diff them
against my own config files and manually take over all those changes
that I needed.<br>
After I had re-merged all important settings with the default config
file I copied these newly crafted files into the config folder of my
opencms installation and re-ran the wizard. The wizard may suggest
to apply some changes again that you already have in your config
file after the manual editing. If such is the case then uncheck all
the config file changes that the update wizard suggests to make.<br>
<br>
In this way your config should stay uncorrupted and yet it should
contain all options that are important.<br>
<br>
It is a bit tedious to go through this process for each xml file in
the config folder, but this is the best solution I found<br>
<br>
Kind regards and good luck<br>
Christian<br>
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