From 5e965bedf3e4207a267777b0f230e91ae111f4c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Michal=20=C4=8Ciha=C5=99?= Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 16:55:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Make upgrade warning a bit more descriptive MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Issue #12164 Signed-off-by: Michal Čihař --- doc/setup.rst | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/setup.rst b/doc/setup.rst index 7e197999b1..4508b0de34 100644 --- a/doc/setup.rst +++ b/doc/setup.rst @@ -532,8 +532,12 @@ Upgrading from an older version .. warning:: **Never** extract the new version over an existing installation of - phpMyAdmin. This way you will leave old no longer working code in the - directory, what can have severe security implications. + phpMyAdmin, always first remove the old files keeping just the + configuration. + + This way you will not leave old no longer working code in the directory, + what can have severe security implications or can cause various breakages. + Simply copy :file:`config.inc.php` from your previous installation into the newly unpacked one. Configuration files from old versions may