[horde] 5.2 upgrade : fatal error while editing prefs for imp

Jens-U. Mozdzen jmozdzen at nde.ag
Thu Sep 4 08:47:09 UTC 2014


Hi *,

Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
> Quoting Nels Lindquist <nlindq at maei.ca>:
>
>> On 9/1/2014 11:43 AM, Michael M Slusarz wrote:
>>
>>> You did NOT read the instructions at the top of the file.  Do NOT
>>> copy prefs.php to prefs.local.php.
>>
>> Wait, what?
>>
>> The file explicitly states not to modify prefs.php directly, but it
>> doesn't mention anything about not copying prefs.php to
>> prefs.local.php in order to have a template for overrides.
>
>  * See horde/config/prefs.php for documentation on the structure of  
> this file.
>  *
>  * IMPORTANT: DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
>  * Local overrides MUST be placed in prefs.local.php or prefs.d/.
>
> The definition of local overrides is in horde/config/prefs.php,  
> which is explicitly referenced.  Seems very clear from the name and  
> the definition that prefs.local.php contains ONLY local overrides,  
> not a copy of prefs.php.
>
>> If this is problematic, it needs to be documented more explicitly.
>
> Suggested text would be great.

"DO NOT SIMPLY COPY THIS FILE, which will break things badly. Only  
include those settings in prefs.local.php or prefs.d/, that need to be  
overwritten. See <insert proper reference here> for documentation."

Regards,
Jens



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