Upgrade from WHMCS 8.13 to 9 doesnt clean up vendor Folders

[ptomter]

I have updated to WHMCS 9

In vendor files the folders was updated, but the folders not required anymore was not removed by the automatic update tool as when I compare WHMCS 8,13 and 9 they are removed.   

So remember to remove these manually people
true
sonata-project
Facebook
container-interop

My questions why does the update process not clean and remove everything that is "old".  What happend with the quality of the WHMCS releases .. .

[ptomter]

Also I got some smarty errors after upgrading  but seems that theese files are not in WHMCS 9 but are in 8.13

../vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins

• smarty_internal_resource_registered.php
• smarty_internal_compile_private_php.php
• smarty_internal_compile_include_php.php

To be a stable release there the update tool doesnt do a lot of cleaning of old files.. 

[ptomter]

Not suprised but yes it is now confirmed as a BUG : #WHMCS-19513

[BENELUX]

Here is the procedure we followed to replace the `vendor` folder.

1. Renamed the Existing Folder
We renamed the current messy `vendor` directory to separate it from the live site without deleting data.

mv vendor vendor_old

 

2. Deployed the Fresh Folder
We extracted the clean `vendor` directory from the **WHMCS v9.0 Full Release** zip file and placed it in the root directory.

unzip -q whmcs_v901_full.zip "whmcs/vendor/*"
mv whmcs/vendor ./
rm -rf whmcs

*(If you did this via FTP, you simply uploaded the fresh `vendor` folder to `public_html/`)*

 

3. Safety Retention
Do not delete `vendor_old` yet.
Keep this folder on the server for several weeks. If any custom modules or hidden dependencies break in the new environment, we can reference or restore files from this backup. Once the system is confirmed stable after a few billing cycles, you can remove it.