From c9e8cffc810bfa84463010f378efeda3bcf73a17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MatmaRex <matma.rex@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 21:46:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] updateCollation.php: sanity check the collation before
 proceeding

In some cases the constructor will work, but trying to access first
letter data will raise an exception, breaking all category pages.

Bug: 46615
Change-Id: I77de040f97080653fe0d1734d38490eaa2d322db
---
 maintenance/updateCollation.php | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/maintenance/updateCollation.php b/maintenance/updateCollation.php
index b847c23b05..964b3138d7 100644
--- a/maintenance/updateCollation.php
+++ b/maintenance/updateCollation.php
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ TEXT;
 			$collation = Collation::singleton();
 		}
 
+		// Collation sanity check: in some cases the constructor will work,
+		// but this will raise an exception, breaking all category pages
+		$collation->getFirstLetter( 'MediaWiki' );
+
 		$options = array(
 			'LIMIT' => self::BATCH_SIZE,
 			'ORDER BY' => 'cl_to, cl_type, cl_from',
-- 
2.20.1