[horde] Newer versions of horde pear packages

[Ferdinand Gruber]

Am 17.03.23 um 21:13 schrieb Brent:
>  Quoting Ferdinand Gruber <fer.grub at yahoo.de>:
>
>> Am 10.03.23 um 11:54 schrieb Ferdinand Gruber:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> now that I installed Horde 6 using composer, I suppose, that 
>>> upgrading packages can now be done with composer. Am I right?
>>>
>>> In the administrator config page of Horde I see, that there are 
>>> newer versions of (all) core components available.
>>
>> How can I upgrade to newer versions of horde groupware components?
>>
>> I tried the command composer update
>>
>> and I get
>>
>> Nothing to install, update or remove
>>
>> The former method does no more work on my (Suse 15.4) system.
>>
>> For instance a command like pear install horde/Horde_Core does not 
>> work, because under Suse 15.4 the package pear is no more present.
>>
>> I would have thought that now everything can be done with composer 
>> and it is no longer necessary to use the pear command for 
>> installation and upgrade
>>
>> Please help.
>> **
>>
>>
>
> The message about Horde_Core shows an upgrade is due to it checking 
> aginst the production code and finding it different and assumes 
> there's newer. If you're on php8 running the composer version, then 
> "composer update" will ensure you have the latest "alpha" release. It 
> is kind of a bug. Only the "admins" of the site should see that message.
>
> Don't have any of the old Horde pear stuff installed, it isn't used 
> and could cause a conflict.
>
> Mine UI in horde for update says:  Horde_Core:   A newer version 
> (2.31.18) exists.
>
> But:
>
> $  composer show | grep horde/core
> horde/core                             v3.0.0alpha13
>
> So, my v3.0.0alpha13 is > than 2.31.18, but it's not smart enough to 
> know that.
>
> brent

Yes I am running the composer version of Horde on PHP8.

I suppose I'm not the only one confused by the message that a newer 
version is available for each package.

Many thanks for your information. That calms me down.

-- 
Regards from Austria
Ferdinand Gruber