Each time I upgrade, I unzip the archive to a new directory and copy over the images and extensions. So I've been using the "core" version of Vector for a while. That said, commenting out the line with wfLoadSkin('Vector') still generates the following error:
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PHP Fatal error: Uncaught FatalError: $wgBaseDirectory must not be modified in settings files! Use the MW_INSTALL_PATH environment variable to override the installation root directory. in /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.38.2/includes/Setup.php:237
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.38.2/maintenance/doMaintenance.php(96): require_once()
#1 /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.38.2/maintenance/update.php(264): require_once('/var/www/gpf/me...')
#2 {main}
thrown in /var/www/gpf/mediawiki-1.38.2/includes/Setup.php on line 237
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I'm not modifying
$wgBaseDirectory anywhere in my LocalSettings.php, so I don't see why it would be generating this error. (Note that all of the files in the stack trace are MediaWiki internal files.)
Jeffrey T. Darlington
General Protection Fault