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authorPierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de>2011-06-22 11:28:20 +0200
committerPierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de>2011-06-22 11:28:20 +0200
commit9db190c7e736ec8d063187d4241b59feaf7dc2d1 (patch)
tree46d1a0dee7febef5c2d57a9f7b972be16a163b3d /extensions
parent78677c7bbdcc9739f6c10c75935898a20e1acd9e (diff)
update to MediaWiki 1.17.0
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diff --git a/extensions/README b/extensions/README
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--- a/extensions/README
+++ b/extensions/README
@@ -12,3 +12,16 @@ The extensions are available through svn at:
You can find documentation and additional extensions on MediaWiki website:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions
+
+
+Please note that under POSIX systems (Linux...), parent of a symbolic path
+refers to the link source, NOT to the target! You should check the env
+variable MW_INSTALL_PATH in case the extension is not in the default location.
+
+The following code snippet let you override the default path:
+
+ $IP = getenv( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' );
+ if( $IP === false ) {
+ $IP = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../..';
+ }
+ require( "$IP/maintenance/Maintenance.php" ); // a MediaWiki core file