Upgrade from 6.0 EE SP1 to 6.1.x does not properly convert community roles to site roles

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.1.10 EE GA1
• Fix Version/s: 6.1.10 EE GA1, 6.1.20 EE GA2, 6.2.0 CE M2
• Component/s: None
• Labels:
  • QA-R
• Branch Version/s:
  6.1.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Added to Fix Pack:
  Added
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal-ee/pull/37

The backported upgrade process that moves the user from 6.0 EE SP1 to 6.0 EE SP2 verifies that all system roles are in place before applying the container permissions.

When this process runs in 6.1.x, it auto-creates the Site Administrator role (among other roles). Therefore, when the 6.1 EE upgrade schema runs, it fails to change the existing Community Administrator role to the Site Administrator role and reports this as a warning rather than an error, giving the illusion that the upgrade process successfully completes when it actually did not.