The installation instructions at http://code.google.com/p/toro-channels/wiki/Installation pass for uPortal 2.6 M1, but fail for both RC1 and RC2

First the install fails because PersonDirs.xml is not present.

mergeUPortalConfiguration:
     [java] Merging xml changes to /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties/groups/compositeGroupServices.xml
     [java] Replacing text at path: /servicelist/service[name='local']/service_factory with: net.unicon.portal.groups.framework.eve.caching.CachingGroupServiceFactory
     [java] Replacing text at path: /servicelist/service[name='local']/entity_store_factory with: net.unicon.portal.groups.framework.eve.EntityStoreFactory
     [java] Replacing text at path: /servicelist/service[name='local']/group_store_factory with: net.unicon.portal.groups.framework.eve.GroupStoreFactory
     [java] Merging xml changes to /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties/personDirectory.xml
     [java] Replacing node at path: /beans/bean[@id='personAttributeDao']
     [java] Merging xml changes to /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties/PersonDirs.xml
     [java] java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties/PersonDirs.xml (No such file or directory)
     [java] at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
     [java] at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.backupOriginalFile(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:332)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.mergeXmlChanges(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:162)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.mergeChanges(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:120)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.execute(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:109)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.main(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:359)

Copying the PersonDirs.xml file from the M1 snapshot into basedir/src/portal/properties/PersonDirs.xml fixes the issue for RC1, and the portal successfully installs.

However, the RC2 install still fails even after providing the PersonDirs.xml file. Error below:

mergeUPortalConfiguration:
     [java] Merging xml changes to /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties/groups/compositeGroupServices.xml
     [java] Replacing text at path: /servicelist/service[name='local']/service_factory with: net.unicon.portal.groups.framework.eve.caching.CachingGroupServiceFactory
     [java] Replacing text at path: /servicelist/service[name='local']/entity_store_factory with: net.unicon.portal.groups.framework.eve.EntityStoreFactory
     [java] Replacing text at path: /servicelist/service[name='local']/group_store_factory with: net.unicon.portal.groups.framework.eve.GroupStoreFactory
     [java] Merging xml changes to /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties/personDirectory.xml
     [java] Replacing node at path: /beans/bean[@id='personAttributeDao']
     [java] Merging xml changes to /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties/PersonDirs.xml
     [java] Replacing node at path: /PersonDirs
     [java] Merging properties changes to /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties/portal.properties
     [java] Merging xml changes to /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties/services.xml
     [java] Merging properties changes to /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties/worker.properties
     [java] Merging web.xml changes to /home/webservice/tomcat/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/web.xml
     [java] java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1
     [java] at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1768)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration$DtdAwareSAXWriter.write(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:610)
     [java] at org.dom4j.io.SAXWriter.parse(SAXWriter.java:603)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.mergeWebChanges(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:312)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.mergeChanges(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:118)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.execute(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:109)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.main(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:359)
     [java] java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1
     [java] at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1768)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration$DtdAwareSAXWriter.write(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:610)
     [java] at org.dom4j.io.SAXWriter.parse(SAXWriter.java:603)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.mergeWebChanges(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:312)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.mergeChanges(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:118)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.execute(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:109)
     [java] at net.unicon.portal.tools.MergeUPortalConfiguration.main(MergeUPortalConfiguration.java:359)