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PECL fileinfo not listed as required/needed/whatever
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Author: mikevalstar

Description:
the PECL module fileinfo is not listed as needed for uploading files in the
UPGRADE / README / INSTALL files, took me a while to figure it out, until i got
it installed i kept getting errors about file mimetypes and such, turning on
$wgMimeDetectorCommand= "file -bi"; worked but was not the default, if the
default is to use the PECL module it should be listed on documentation..

perhaps this should be detected on the install procedure?

Version: 1.5.x
Severity: normal
OS: Linux
Platform: PC

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Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 8:45 PM
• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Documentation.
• bzimport set Reference to bz3136.
• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).
• bzimport created this task.Aug 13 2005, 9:48 PM
• brion added a comment.Aug 13 2005, 9:53 PM

It's not required/needed, it's optional.

• bzimport added a comment.Aug 13 2005, 10:08 PM

mikevalstar wrote:

i could not upload anything to the wiki without it being installed, i was
receiving and error "invalid extention"

• bzimport added a comment.Aug 13 2005, 10:08 PM

mikevalstar wrote:

well until i added $wgMimeDetectorCommand= "file -bi"; anyway

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