I did a search but found nothing immediately relevant, but forgive the possible reposting.
I am attempting to upgrade to 1.5.3 from 1.5. 1.5 worked just fine (i can revert but would like to upgrade).
In 1.5.3 whenever I try to change item metadata or access posture (public/private), I receive the "Omeka has encountered an error" message. I followed the instructions for upgrading transferring the specified files and dirs. In case you are wondering, the archives dir IS writable.
The omeka error log provides:
2012-10-03T11:08:17-05:00 ERR (3): exception 'Zend_File_Transfer_Exception' with message 'The given destination is not a directory or does not exist' in /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Zend/File/Transfer/Adapter/Abstract.php:1035
Stack trace:
#0 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Omeka/File/Ingest/Upload.php(40): Zend_File_Transfer_Adapter_Abstract->setDestination('/tmp')
#1 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Omeka/File/Ingest/Upload.php(112): Omeka_File_Ingest_Upload->_buildAdapter()
#2 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Omeka/File/Ingest/Abstract.php(165): Omeka_File_Ingest_Upload->_parseFileInfo('file')
#3 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/models/ItemBuilder.php(209): Omeka_File_Ingest_Abstract->ingest('file')
#4 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/globals.php(505): ItemBuilder->addFiles('Upload', 'file', Array)
#5 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/models/Item.php(286): insert_files_for_item(Object(Item), 'Upload', 'file', Array)
#6 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/models/Item.php(153): Item->_uploadFiles()
#7 [internal function]: Item->beforeSaveForm(Object(ArrayObject))
#8 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Omeka/Record.php(282): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#9 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Omeka/Record.php(803): Omeka_Record->runCallbacks('beforeSaveForm', Object(ArrayObject))
#10 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Omeka/Controller/Action.php(482): Omeka_Record->saveForm(Array)
#11 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/controllers/ItemsController.php(99): Omeka_Controller_Action->editAction()
#12 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Action.php(516): ItemsController->editAction()
#13 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Dispatcher/Standard.php(295): Zend_Controller_Action->dispatch('editAction')
#14 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Front.php(954): Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Standard->dispatch(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http), Object(Zend_Controller_Response_Http))
#15 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Zend/Application/Bootstrap/Bootstrap.php(97): Zend_Controller_Front->dispatch()
#16 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Zend/Application.php(366): Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap->run()
#17 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Omeka/Core.php(165): Zend_Application->run()
#18 /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/admin/index.php(44): Omeka_Core->run()
The php error log gives a similar error:
[03-Oct-2012 11:08:17] PHP Warning: is_dir() [<a href='function.is-dir'>function.is-dir</a>]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/projectsstarkcenterorg:/usr/share/pear:/usr/bin) in /home/projectsstarkcenterorg/public_html/application/libraries/Zend/File/Transfer/Adapter/Abstract.php on line 1033
I haven't attempted to tweak php configs (open_basedir) yet as 1.5 worked (and still does when I restore that version).
Any help on this is much appreciated.