From cf89052aaed6404d3ab498c99a7b726a7a2965da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stronk7 <stronk7>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:16:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] MDL-18200 installer - create dataroot dir if possible

---
 install.php | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index ed8060ad37..e6661c453f 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -270,7 +270,22 @@ if ($config->stage == INSTALL_DOWNLOADLANG) {
         $hint_dataroot = get_string('pathsunsecuredataroot', 'install');
         $config->stage = INSTALL_PATHS;
 
-    } else if (!is_writable($CFG->dataroot)) {
+    } else if (!file_exists($CFG->dataroot)) {
+        $a = new stdClass();
+        $a->parent = dirname($CFG->dataroot);
+        $a->dataroot = $CFG->dataroot;
+        if (!is_writable(dirname($CFG->dataroot))) {
+            $hint_dataroot = get_string('pathsroparentdataroot', 'install', $a);
+            $config->stage = INSTALL_PATHS;
+        } else {
+            if (!make_upload_directory(false, false)) {
+                $hint_dataroot = get_string('pathserrcreatedataroot', 'install', $a);
+                $config->stage = INSTALL_PATHS;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (empty($hint_dataroot) and !is_writable($CFG->dataroot)) {
         $hint_dataroot = get_string('pathsrodataroot', 'install');
         $config->stage = INSTALL_PATHS;
     }
-- 
2.39.5