lib/
lib/TWiki/
lib/TWiki/Plugins/
lib/TWiki/Plugins/TinyMCEPlugin.pm

Error: Failed to move file 'pub/TWiki/TinyMCEPlugin/' to /var/www/html/test-twiki/pub/TWiki/TinyMCEPlugin/: Is a directory

Software error:

Installation terminated at /var/www/html/test-twiki/lib/TWiki/Configure/UIs/EXTEND.pm line 149.

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The following patch fixes the issue. I'm sure the way I did it isn' t "the right way" but it's a starting point.

--- ../lib/TWiki/Configure/UIs/EXTEND.pm 2007-03-03 06:45:57.000000000 -0800
+++ /root/twiki/twiki/lib/TWiki/Configure/UIs/EXTEND.pm 2007-09-25 17:28:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 unless ($query->param('confirm')) {
 foreach my $file (@names) {
 my $ef = $this->_findTarget($file);
 - if (-e $ef && !-d $ef) {
 + if (-e $ef && !-d $ef) {
 my $mess = "Note: Existing $file overwritten.";
 if (File::Copy::move($ef, "$ef.bak")) {
 $mess .= " Backup saved in $ef.bak";
 @@ -140,7 +140,12 @@
 next unless -e "$dir/$file";
 # Find where it is meant to go
 my $ef = $this->_findTarget($file);
 - if (-e $ef && !-d $ef && !-w $ef) {
 + if (-d "$dir/$file") {
 + if (system("mkdir -p $ef") != 0) {
 + print $this->ERROR("Failed to create directory $ef: $!");
 + die "Installation terminated";
 + }
 + } elsif (-e $ef && !-d $ef && !-w $ef) {
 print $this->ERROR("No permission to write to $ef");
 die "Installation terminated";
 } elsif (!-d $ef) {

As an aside, the WYSIWYG does strange things with the <blockquote> tags if you edit and save this topic.

-- TWiki:Main/BuckGolemon - 12 Nov 2007

Use verbatim style for embedded code.

This is already fixed in 420. Note that we don't use system calls, to try and make it as portable as possible.

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