BUG with Merge User?

[NorCal]

I'm using a new install of 3.7.4 PL1 After importing using impex from phpbb3 I wanted to merge the old administrator account with my new vBulletin admin account. (The latter being the "destination" account) I went to users>Merge Users
I removed the trigger in the config file making the Administrator account unalterable. Then ran the merge. I get this error:

Configuration: includes/config.php exists, but is not in the 3.6+ format. Please convert your config file via the new config.php.new.

[Steve Machol]

You are using an older version of config.php. You should just follow those instructions.

[NorCal]

That is exactly the problem. I said I'm using a "new install of 3.7.4 PL1" That is THE very latest is it not?

[Steve Machol]

I honestly do not see any way to get the specific message is the version of your vB files matches the version of config.php. In fact I have never heard of such a thing. One or the other is wrong.

[NorCal]

One or the other WHAT is wrong? You're saying I'm making it up?

What would I possibly have to gain by making it up? I just want the thing to work. You can check my purchase record. I just bought the license and downloaded it last week. I've never used vB on this site. In fact I've NEVER installed vB prior to version 3.7.3 on ANY site.

I honestly do not see any way to get the specific message is the version of your vB files matches the version of config.php. In fact I have never heard of such a thing. One or the other is wrong.

[Zachery]

The config file then has been wrongly edited. Start with a new copy of the config.php file and make sure you edit the settings at the end, before the ; not inside of the []'s

[NorCal]

OK I did this and it worked. THANK YOU

For future reference if you come across this issue again, I did a compare documents on both and the only two things that were different were in the header and footer area:

Line 4: says "vBulletin 3.7.4 Patch Level 1" vs "vBulletin 3.7.4"

Line 188 says it was downloaded on 11/19 vs 11/29

both have the same revision numbers. So it seems like an omission on the original PL 1 patch package, not an editing error on my part.