Description of problem: After yum install mediawiki and enabling the *global* aliases in /etc/httpd/conf.d/mediawiki.conf (Not using mw-crateinstance): When visiting http://localhost/wiki, The initial page shows a link to complete the web-based installation. However: Following this link just returns an empty page. The httpd error log shows the following: [Sun May 26 14:11:10.716036 2013] [:error] [pid 2788] [client 192.168.2.25:36856] PHP Warning: require(/var/www/wiki/languages/Language.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/share/mediawiki/includes/AutoLoader.php on line 1008 After manually creating a symlink /usr/share/mediawiki/languages => /var/www/wiki/languages, the web-based installer starts working. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mediawiki-1.19.6-1.fc18.noarch How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install mediawiki 2. Enable global aliases in /etc/httpd/conf.d/mediawiki.conf 3. Visit /wiki and follow the "complete the installation" link Actual results: Empty page, PHP error shown above. Expected results: Initial (language selection) page of mw-install Additional info:
I'm not sure why you created a bug report since you are not using the install script. The package does not automatically create files in /var/www/wiki if you do not use the scripts. If you had any there then it is your responsibility.
1. It definitely *does* create /var/www/wiki with some contents. 2. Quote from the installed /etc/httpd/conf.d/mediawiki.conf: # This is a sample configuration for a wiki instance located under # /var/www/wiki and exposed as http://thishost/wiki. Please read # /usr/share/doc/mediawiki-*/README.RPM on whether to use this # instance or create copies of it. So this suggests that the install-script is optional! (Only required if one wants to create multiple instances instead of using the predefined one located at /var/www/wiki I suggest you fix this comment or create a README.Fedora wher ist clearly states that the predefinded thingy mentioned above is *not* suppoerted.
After some thorough testing on a FRESHLY F18 VM: (In reply to Michael Cronenworth from comment #1) > I'm not sure why you created a bug report since you are not using the > install script. > > The package does not automatically create files in /var/www/wiki if you do > not use the scripts. If you had any there then it is your responsibility. This is simply not true! See the following proof: # rpm -V mediawiki (no output, so nothing modified) # rpm -qf /var/www/wiki mediawiki-1.19.6-1.fc18.noarch # rpm -qf /etc/mediawiki/instances mediawiki-1.19.6-1.fc18.noarch # cat /etc/mediawiki/instances /var/www/wiki # rpm -q --scripts mediawiki postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh): /usr/sbin/mw-updateallinstances >> /var/log/mediawiki-updates.log 2>&1 || : # sh -x /usr/sbin/mw-updateallinstances + read path + cat /etc/mediawiki/instances + grep '^ *#' + echo /var/www/wiki + mw-createinstance /var/www/wiki + test -e /var/www/wiki/LocalSettings.php + read path q.e.d. The actual bug is in mw-createinstance in the for-loop starting at line 26, which misses several names for which symlinks should be created.
Another comment on your closing comment: Since the actual bug is in mw-createinstance it would have given the exact same result if i had used that script in the first place. No matter how the package is installed - it does not work at all without tweaking the file hierarchy manually.
Created attachment 755027 [details] Patch for fixing mw-createinstance.in This patch fixes mw-createinstance.in (refereced as Source4 in mediawiki.spec) It adds symlinks for the following 4 subdirs from /usr/share/mediawiki to the current instance: extensions languages resources skins
mediawiki-1.19.7-4.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mediawiki-1.19.7-4.fc18
Package mediawiki-1.19.7-4.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing mediawiki-1.19.7-4.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-13797/mediawiki-1.19.7-4.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
mediawiki-1.19.7-4.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.