As a follow up, I just tried reinstalling again. Before running install.php, I backed up the problematic files. After running the installer, I restored the files to their pre-install state, and at first blush it *looks* like things work fine.
However, I gather that there are changes made to these files by the install process which are important for the stable running of the application. Are these changes which I can make by hand (and if so, are the documented someplace other than trying to parse the install script). Or are things likely to run all right using the pre-install version of the following files:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 arakune arakune 0 Mar 24 12:10 LocalSettings.php -rw-rw-r-- 1 arakune arakune 0 Mar 24 12:10 Version.php -rw-rw-r-- 1 arakune arakune 0 Mar 24 12:10 index.php -rw-rw-r-- 1 arakune arakune 0 Mar 24 12:10 redirect.php -rw-rw-r-- 1 arakune arakune 0 Mar 24 12:10 redirect.phtml -rw-rw-r-- 1 arakune arakune 0 Mar 24 12:10 wiki.phtml
Thanks again!
Steph