diff -r dc08c70ca550 -r e2cb5f1432c8 includes/paths.php
--- a/includes/paths.php	Sun Dec 02 15:27:21 2007 -0500
+++ b/includes/paths.php	Sun Dec 02 16:00:10 2007 -0500
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@
       eval($cmd);
     }
     
-    $e = $db->sql_query('SELECT name,urlname,namespace,special,visible,comments_on,protected,delvotes,delvote_ips,wiki_mode,password FROM '.table_prefix.'pages ORDER BY name;');
+    $e = $db->sql_query('SELECT name,urlname,namespace,special,visible,comments_on,protected,delvotes,' . "\n"
+                        . '  delvote_ips,wiki_mode,password FROM '.table_prefix.'pages ORDER BY name;');
     if( !$e )
     {
       $db->_die('The error seems to have occured while selecting the page information. File: includes/paths.php; line: '.__LINE__);
@@ -681,17 +682,30 @@
   
   /**
    * Rebuilds the search index
+   * @param bool If true, prints out status messages
    */
    
-  function rebuild_search_index()
+  function rebuild_search_index($verbose = false)
   {
     global $db, $session, $paths, $template, $plugins; // Common objects
     $search = new Searcher();
+    if ( $verbose )
+    {
+      echo '<p>';
+    }
     $texts = Array();
     $textq = $db->sql_unbuffered_query($this->fetch_page_search_resource());
     if(!$textq) $db->_die('');
     while($row = $db->fetchrow())
     {
+      if ( $verbose )
+      {
+        ob_start();
+        echo "Indexing page " . $this->nslist[$row['namespace']] . sanitize_page_id($row['page_id']) . "<br />";
+        ob_flush();
+        while (@ob_end_flush());
+        flush();
+      }
       if ( isset($this->nslist[$row['namespace']]) )
       {
         $idstring = $this->nslist[$row['namespace']] . sanitize_page_id($row['page_id']);
@@ -710,7 +724,19 @@
       }
       $texts[(string)$row['page_idstring']] = $row['page_text'] . ' ' . $page['name'];
     }
+    if ( $verbose )
+    {
+      ob_start();
+      echo "Calculating word list...";
+      ob_flush();
+      while (@ob_end_flush());
+      flush();
+    }
     $search->buildIndex($texts);
+    if ( $verbose )
+    {
+      echo '</p>';
+    }
     // echo '<pre>'.print_r($search->index, true).'</pre>';
     // return;
     $q = $db->sql_query('DELETE FROM '.table_prefix.'search_index');