Index: includes/install.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/install.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.70
diff -u -p -r1.70 install.inc
--- includes/install.inc	20 Sep 2008 20:22:23 -0000	1.70
+++ includes/install.inc	23 Sep 2008 08:44:27 -0000
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ abstract class DatabaseInstaller {
  *   An array of settings that need to be updated.
  */
 function drupal_rewrite_settings($settings = array(), $prefix = '') {
-  $default_settings = 'sites/default/default.settings.php';
   $settings_file = conf_path(FALSE, TRUE) . '/' . $prefix . 'settings.php';
 
   // Build list of setting names and insert the values into the global namespace.
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ function drupal_rewrite_settings($settin
 
   $buffer = NULL;
   $first = TRUE;
-  if ($fp = fopen(DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $default_settings, 'r')) {
+  if ($fp = fopen(DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $settings_file, 'r')) {
     // Step line by line through settings.php.
     while (!feof($fp)) {
       $line = fgets($fp);