Adjust update parameters:

-f|--force         Force the update command (Even if the database structure matches)
-o|--override      Override running or stalling updates

src/Core/Console/DatabaseStructure.php

@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ Commands
 	toinnodb Convert all tables from MyISAM to InnoDB
 
 Options
-    -h|--help|-? Show help information
-    -v           Show more debug information.
-    -f|--force   Force the command in case of "update" (Ignore failed updates/running updates)
+    -h|--help|-?       Show help information
+    -v                 Show more debug information.
+    -f|--force         Force the update command (Even if the database structure matches)
+    -o|--override      Override running or stalling updates
 HELP;
 		return $help;
 	}
@@ -68,8 +69,9 @@ HELP;
 				$output = DBStructure::update($a->getBasePath(), true, false);
 				break;
 			case "update":
-				$force = $this->getOption(['f', 'force'], false);
-				$output = Update::run($a->getBasePath(), $force, true, false);
+				$force    = $this->getOption(['f', 'force'], false);
+				$override = $this->getOption(['o', 'override'], false);
+				$output = Update::run($a->getBasePath(), $force, $override,true, false);
 				break;
 			case "dumpsql":
 				ob_start();
@@ -89,5 +91,4 @@ HELP;
 
 		return 0;
 	}
-
 }

src/Core/Console/PostUpdate.php

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ HELP;
 		}
 
 		echo L10n::t('Check for pending update actions.') . "\n";
-		Update::run($a->getBasePath(), true, true, false);
+		Update::run($a->getBasePath(), true, false,true, false);
 		echo L10n::t('Done.') . "\n";
 
 		echo L10n::t('Execute pending post updates.') . "\n";

src/Core/Lock.php

@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ class Lock
 	/**
 	 * @brief Releases a lock if it was set by us
 	 *
-	 * @param string $key   Name of the lock
-	 * @param bool   $force Force the lock to get releases
+	 * @param string $key      Name of the lock
+	 * @param bool   $override Overrides the lock to get releases
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public static function release($key, $force = false)
+	public static function release($key, $override = false)
 	{
-		self::getDriver()->releaseLock($key, $force);
+		self::getDriver()->releaseLock($key, $override);
 	}
 
 	/**

src/Core/Lock/CacheLockDriver.php

@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ class CacheLockDriver extends AbstractLockDriver
 	/**
 	 * (@inheritdoc)
 	 */
-	public function releaseLock($key, $force = false)
+	public function releaseLock($key, $override = false)
 	{
 		$cachekey = self::getLockKey($key);
 
-		if ($force) {
+		if ($override) {
 			$this->cache->delete($cachekey);
 		} else {
 			$this->cache->compareDelete($cachekey, getmypid());

src/Core/Lock/DatabaseLockDriver.php

@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ class DatabaseLockDriver extends AbstractLockDriver
 	/**
 	 * (@inheritdoc)
 	 */
-	public function releaseLock($key, $force = false)
+	public function releaseLock($key, $override = false)
 	{
-		if ($force) {
+		if ($override) {
 			$where = ['name' => $key];
 		} else {
 			$where = ['name' => $key, 'pid' => $this->pid];

src/Core/Lock/ILockDriver.php

@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ interface ILockDriver
 	/**
 	 * Releases a lock if it was set by us
 	 *
-	 * @param string $key   The Name of the lock
-	 * @param bool   $force Force the lock to get released
+	 * @param string $key      The Name of the lock
+	 * @param bool   $override Overrides the lock to get released
 	 *
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function releaseLock($key, $force = false);
+	public function releaseLock($key, $override = false);
 
 	/**
 	 * Releases all lock that were set by us

src/Core/Lock/SemaphoreLockDriver.php

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class SemaphoreLockDriver extends AbstractLockDriver
 	/**
 	 * (@inheritdoc)
 	 */
-	public function releaseLock($key, $force = false)
+	public function releaseLock($key, $override = false)
 	{
 		if (empty(self::$semaphore[$key])) {
 			return false;

src/Core/Update.php

@@ -48,18 +48,19 @@ class Update
 	 * Automatic database updates
 	 *
 	 * @param string $basePath The base path of this application
-	 * @param bool $force      Force the Update-Check even if the lock is set
+	 * @param bool $force      Force the Update-Check even if the database version doesn't match
+	 * @param bool $override   Overrides any running/stuck updates
 	 * @param bool $verbose    Run the Update-Check verbose
 	 * @param bool $sendMail   Sends a Mail to the administrator in case of success/failure
 	 *
 	 * @return string Empty string if the update is successful, error messages otherwise
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public static function run($basePath, $force = false, $verbose = false, $sendMail = true)
+	public static function run($basePath, $force = false, $override = false, $verbose = false, $sendMail = true)
 	{
 		// In force mode, we release the dbupdate lock first
 		// Necessary in case of an stuck update
-		if ($force) {
+		if ($override) {
 			Lock::release('dbupdate', true);
 		}
 
@@ -70,12 +71,12 @@ class Update
 			Config::set('system', 'build', $build);
 		}
 
-		if ($build != DB_UPDATE_VERSION) {
+		if ($build != DB_UPDATE_VERSION || $force) {
 			require_once 'update.php';
 
 			$stored = intval($build);
 			$current = intval(DB_UPDATE_VERSION);
-			if ($stored < $current) {
+			if ($stored < $current || $force) {
 				Config::load('database');
 
 				Logger::log('Update from \'' . $stored . '\'  to \'' . $current . '\' - starting', Logger::DEBUG);
@@ -126,8 +127,6 @@ class Update
 					Lock::release('dbupdate');
 				}
 			}
-		} elseif ($force) {
-			DBStructure::update($basePath, $verbose, true);
 		}
 
 		return '';