Re: wordpress from packages - wp-content location not applied?

[Jiri 'Ghormoon' Novak <ghormoon@gmail.com>]

Jean-Louis Mas wrote:
> Le 19/03/2016 14:31, Jiri 'Ghormoon' Novak a écrit :
>
>> what may I be missing, if the configuration that came with wordpress
>> package doesn't apply correctly?
>> there is: /usr/share/wordpress/wp-config.php:   
>> define('WP_CONTENT_DIR', '/var/lib/wordpress/wp-content');
>>
>> but that doesn't have any effect unless I define it in
>> /etc/wordpress/config-www.domain.tld.conf too.
>> am I missing something essential or may it be a bug?
> When using Wordpress package from repos in Debian (and Centos also), you
> never edit /usr/share/wordpress/wp-config.php
>
>
> /***
>  * WordPress's Debianised default master config file
>  * Please do NOT edit and learn how the configuration works in
>  * /usr/share/doc/wordpress/README.Debian
>  ***/
>
> That's the way linux packaging do. Configs files are in /etc, logs in
> /var/log and so on. So it's perfectly normal
>
> You should instead edit /etc/wordpress/config-www.domain.tld.conf
>
> /etc/wordpress/config-www.domain.tld.conf is the same as the usual
> wp-config.php
>
> If you have multiples Wordpress virtualhosts on your server, you can use
> different Wordpress config files
>
> Regards
>
Hi,

a do NOT edit it. the line is there since beginning, but does not apply.
I have to copy it over to /etc to make the setting take effect. I
thought it should work anyway when it's set in /usr (and not overriden
anyhow in /etc)

Gh.