[geeklog-devel] 1.5 Installer stuff

[Oliver Spiesshofer]

Joe Mucchiello wrote:

> At 07:30 PM 10/11/2007, Oliver Spiesshofer wrote:

>> Joe Mucchiello wrote:

>>> I don't put public_html under the geeklog directory so I end up on 

>>> the admin/install/index.php screen with this:

>>> Unable to locate Geeklog files

>>> The installation script was unable to locate critical Geeklog files. 

>>> This is probably because you have moved them from their default 

>>> location. Please specify the paths to the files and directories below:

>> well I do not think this can be avoided in any case.

>

> I wasn't complaining about that. I was explaining where I was in the 

> process. The complaint was the short field (see below) and the back 

> button issue (also below)

>

sure. I just noted it in case there is a misunderstanding.

>>> The entry field is small and my Unix path is over 100 characters. 

>>> Not convenient.

>> do you have the latest CVS? I I already made the fields longer 

>> yesterday. how wide was your field?

>

> Is this another CVS issue? I ran checkout at 1am EDT today. Was your 

> checkin before or after that?

Dunno about the time I did it. I think I made the field 100 long.

>

>>> It couldn't find db-config.php and said the path was incorrect. 

>>> Hitting the "back" button didn't replace /path/to/db-config.php with 

>>> the 100 characters I just typed. That was annoying.

>> well thats a browser-problem. If you use Opera I think it works.

>

> No, no, no, there's a "back" on the form. It submits a form to 

> admin/install/index.php. That does not repopulate the entry field.

ah ok

>>> More annoying was the fact that the path was correct but 

>>> db-config.php was not writable. It was '644'. Setting '666' allowed 

>>> me to continue. I set it back to '644' and tried again and there was 

>>> no problem this time.

>> well there should be a help displayed somewhere that says which files 

>> have to be writable. It should however discover that the file is there.

>

> Actually, someone should play around with that. I had trouble getting 

> any consistency out of this. Sometimes it complains about the 644 and 

> sometimes it doesn't.

>

Well it seems to me the whole checks/balances of the installer have to 
be revisited. Since I am in another major code revamp of the admin pages 
I dont really have time to look into that since I want to get that done 
today, and next week I will be out of the country.

Oliver