Custom smilies broken in 1.2.1?

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Well, um, yes ... uploading files over the old ones will
always break stuff. This is NOT a bug.

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Um, so what are we supposed to do?

From the installation instructions: "1. Upload the new
files, and be careful not to overwrite anything important."

Nothing about removing the old installation. In fact, it
implies that you're *supposed* to install on top of the old one.

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Taka:

You quoted the relevant part; personally, I make patch files
of the files that I edit, but you can also make a backup
copy---say wp-includes/vars.php.backup that has a copy of
the changes that you've made so that you have something to
go against when an upgrade is made.

Anytime that you're modifying source, it's up to you to make
your changes again as new releases come out. That's
unfortunately the way that it is.

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OK.

I figured wp-config-extra.php was a
non-installation-specific file that we can modify without
having to worry about during upgrades. Kinda like the CSS
files. It just sets a bunch of variables so it looked pretty
safe :-)