- Patch #40677 by Steven: make the updater work again.

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/misc/drupal.js b/misc/drupal.js
index f1af13be1..1bc35c757 100644
--- a/misc/drupal.js
+++ b/misc/drupal.js
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ function HTTPGet(uri, callbackFunction, callbackParameter) {
 
 /**
  * Creates an HTTP POST request and sends the response to the callback function
+ *
+ * Note: passing null or undefined for 'object' makes the request fail in Opera.
+ *       Pass an empty string instead, if you must.
  */
 function HTTPPost(uri, callbackFunction, callbackParameter, object) {
   var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
diff --git a/misc/progress.js b/misc/progress.js
index b19cc08db..66013d4e8 100644
--- a/misc/progress.js
+++ b/misc/progress.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ progressBar.prototype.sendPing = function () {
   if (this.timer) {
     clearTimeout(this.timer);
   }
-  this.method(this.uri, this.receivePing, this);
+  this.method(this.uri, this.receivePing, this, '');
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/misc/update.js b/misc/update.js
index 1b79a74e5..e4358d269 100644
--- a/misc/update.js
+++ b/misc/update.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if (isJsEnabled()) {
         }
       }
 
-      this.progress = new progressBar('updateprogress', updateCallback, HTTPGet);
+      this.progress = new progressBar('updateprogress', updateCallback, HTTPPost);
       this.progress.setProgress(-1, 'Starting updates...');
       $('progress').appendChild(this.progress.element);
       this.progress.startMonitoring('update.php?op=do_update', 0);