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#20973 Update message for older version displayed

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Latest post by nicholas on Friday, 19 September 2014 01:27 CDT

zott
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Description of my issue:

Hi Nicholas.

After updating to Akeeba Backup 4.0.2, I see the message "An updated version of Akeeba Backup (3.11.0) is available for installation." with a button to "update to 3.11.0".

Why is that happening?
This is not the first site I see this.

Cheers.

Jonathan Roza www.zott.com.br

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Please note that the update management is now performed by Joomla! itself, not our software. We merely display whatever Joomla! reports as an updated version. What you see is a Joomla! bug. I have provided a proper solution for it to the Joomla! project. Unfortunately it will only be included in Joomla! 3.4 and later versions. You can still go to Extensions, Manage Extensions, Updates and click on the Purge and Find Updates buttons, in this order. Usually this is sufficient to let Joomla! get unstuck.

If this doesn't work, tough luck. The other fix requires editing your database directly which is DANGEROUS: one small mistake can wreck havoc to your site. For this reason I am reluctant to give the instructions as I don't want to be held responsible for a mistake which could cause problems to your site :(

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

zott
Hi Nicholas.

Thank's for the answer.
I'll wait for the bug to be fixed.
No need to risk messing things up.

Cheers.

Jonathan Roza www.zott.com.br

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Clicking on the Purge and Find Updates buttons is not dangerous at all. They were put there for this reason. If that doesn't work, I agree, let's not edit the database directly. The reason I contributed the fix to Joomla! is exactly that: having users directly editing the database is a very bad idea indeed.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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