#524710 by catch and gordon: Add role_permission() table earlier in order to allow upgrade path to work.

includes/update.inc

@@ -128,10 +128,32 @@ function update_fix_d7_requirements() {
     $schema['cache_path']['description'] = 'Cache table used for path alias lookups.';
 
     // system_update_7042() renames columns, but these are needed to bootstrap.
-    // add empty columns for now.
+    // Add empty columns for now.
     db_add_field('url_alias', 'source', array('type' => 'varchar', 'length' => 255, 'not null' => TRUE, 'default' => ''));
     db_add_field('url_alias', 'alias', array('type' => 'varchar', 'length' => 255, 'not null' => TRUE, 'default' => ''));
 
+    // Add the role_permisson table.
+    $schema['role_permission'] = array(
+      'fields' => array(
+        'rid' => array(
+        'type' => 'int',
+        'unsigned' => TRUE,
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+      ),
+      'permission' => array(
+        'type' => 'varchar',
+        'length' => 64,
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => '',
+      ),
+    ),
+    'primary key' => array('rid', 'permission'),
+    'indexes' => array(
+      'permission' => array('permission'),
+      ),
+    );
+    db_create_table('role_permission', $schema['role_permission']);
+
     // Add column for locale context.
     if (db_table_exists('locales_source')) {
       db_add_field('locales_source', 'context', array('type' => 'varchar', 'length' => 255, 'not null' => TRUE, 'default' => '', 'description' => 'The context this string applies to.'));

modules/system/system.install

@@ -1992,28 +1992,6 @@ function system_update_7006() {
  * all modules can use the updated permission scheme during their updates.
  */
 function system_update_7007() {
-  $schema['role_permission'] = array(
-    'fields' => array(
-      'rid' => array(
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'unsigned' => TRUE,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-      ),
-      'permission' => array(
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 64,
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => '',
-      ),
-    ),
-    'primary key' => array('rid', 'permission'),
-    'indexes' => array(
-      'permission' => array('permission'),
-    ),
-  );
-
-  db_create_table('role_permission', $schema['role_permission']);
-
   // Copy the permissions from the old {permission} table to the new {role_permission} table.
   $messages = array();
   $result = db_query("SELECT rid, perm FROM {permission} ORDER BY rid ASC");