This was basically triggered by this forum post: https://forum.backdropcms.org/forum/how-set-selected-tag-form-select-opt...
As it is currently, you cannot easily add attributes to individual options of select elements, and it requires either a lot of theming work, or to port a module like https://www.drupal.org/project/form_options_attributes. Even with that module, things are not consistent, so we should consider backporting the D8 solution being worked in https://www.drupal.org/node/342316
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Thanks, the /tmp folder was the problem. I moved it elsewhere and then the updated worked. Thanks again!
Update 1.35.1 appears to install but hasn't
Probably not the reason, but worth to do a quick check: Sometimes the update cache interferes, so if something's odd with updates - some module (or core) claims to have updated, but then...
Update 1.35.1 appears to install but hasn't
Nope, not touched any permissions!
Update 1.35.1 appears to install but hasn't