On org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-wikimacro-ui

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Hi! After, at least apparently, an sucessful upgrade from XWiki 17.2.2 to XWiki 18.7.0 running on Ubuntu 22.04, the only “error” message I’m getting when triggering the extensions updater is related to org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-wikimacro-ui

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I can’t reconstruct the history of that extension. I guess it is an older module that gets bundled.

But could you help me confirm it? How to get rid of the message? Why is Updater still looking for an update if it is no longer an independent extension?

Thanks for your help!

Ricardo

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Hello @Ricardo_Rodriguez,

I’m guessing you are working with an instance that was created a while ago and regularly.

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-wikimacro-ui has been removed in XWiki 9.1RC1 (https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-14538).
Since then, the Extension Manager is probably checking needlessly for updates of this module that is not released anymore.
You can uninstall the module to stop getting this message.

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Thanks @mleduc,

You are right, I’m working with an nicely-old instance! But what is weird to me is that I can’t find such an extension installed. See below:

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Jira is under maintenance, thus I’m not able to access the Jira issue included in your message.

Please, what is the name of the extension or application I must uninstall to stop getting that message?

Thanks!

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Hi! I have learnt new things!

When an extension ID is obscure, locating and inspecting its .xed descriptor can reveal the human-readable application name and provide the clue needed to find the offending extension in the Extension Manager.

I found the .xed file using sudo grep -R "xwiki-platform-rendering-wikimacro-ui" /var/lib/xwiki.

Then I inspected the descriptor and found the <name>Wiki Macro Application</name> property, which revealed the actual application name.

Next, in “Global Administration: Extensions”, I searched for “Wiki Macro Application”, reviewed the uninstall plan, and uninstalled it.

The update error is gone.

Thanks!

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Thanks for your detailed documentation.