On Mar 24, 2004, at 09:27, Steph Smith wrote:
I edited the LocalSettings.php and AdminSettings.php files as directed, ran the classic install (not the web-based installer), and everything seemed to go through just fine.
However, after running the installer, the following files are empty:
-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
It looks like you're trying to install in-place. The destination directory MUST NOT be the same as the source directory with the classic install.
First, copying files over themselves destroys them, as you've seen. :(
Second, the maintenance scripts are very unsafe to have sitting around in a web-accessible directory (they are disabled if you run the web install). If using classic install, you must install from a different directory from the final destination.
I'll add more warnings...
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)