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The postinstall message says this:

   Alternatively, use the default config file in libraries/config.default.php

   mkdir /var/www/goliath.internal.dwavesys.com/htdocs/phpmyadmin/config
   chmod o+rw /var/www/goliath.internal.dwavesys.com/htdocs/phpmyadmin/config
   # if you want to edit existing configuration:
   cp /var/www/goliath.internal.dwavesys.com/htdocs/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
/var/www/goliath.internal.dwavesys.com/htdocs/phpmyadmin/config/
   chown -R apache:apache
/var/www/goliath.internal.dwavesys.com/htdocs/phpmyadmin/config

This is confusing because:

1) The instructions are preceded by "alternatively, use the default config file
in libraries/config.default.php". This implies that the following instructions
are going to be related with how to do that, but they aren't.
2) It talks about copying
/var/www/goliath.internal.dwavesys.com/htdocs/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php which
does not exist in a fresh install (and it might not even exist in an old
install), but it sounds like these instructions are for fresh installs only, as
above in step 0 is says "If this is a new installation," and below after step 2
there is a break "==============" and then it says "If you are upgrading from
an earlier version..."

How to fix it:

I will attach my suggested new version

Created an attachment (id=112356) [details]
improved postinstall-en-2.8.0.txt

Again? Please, you've already filed this 3 times, enough.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 140140 ***

I know but I keep noticing the problem every time I upgrade phpmyadmin.

Renat's comment in Bug #140140: "as the comment says, the line you're referring
to is meant for editing an_existing_ config.inc.php" is correct but I never
read it closely enough at the time and forgot about that bug (until I upgraded
to phpmyadmin again).

The real problem with the postinstall text is that it is worded strangely. Or
put another way, step 1 (in the original, I renamed it to step 2) is trying to
do 3 things but it is not clear that those 3 things are really three things as
the word "alternatively" is only used once. I have split this up into a), b),
and c) and now it is much more clear. I would like the maintainer of phpmyadmin
to have a look at this. I'm sorry for not resolving this earlier but I didn't
realize because I only use the "default config file" option so I was a bit
oblivious to the "existing configuration" and "web-based" options.

Really, as noone else but you is noticing the 'problem', chances are that the
problem is somewhere else than in the instructions itself...

Well I already explained why the original message is unclear so I think the
onus is on someone else to explain why it is so perfectly clear and cannot use
any improvement.

Hi,

I have problems getting phpmyadmin without pma user running and phpmyadmin guys
answered that this is because of a broken config.default.php of gentoo install.

For my understanding this file is also needed for the setup script to working
correctly and *mustn't* be changed in anyway.

Correct way is to only take a copy of the file (or creating new one) as
config.inc.php.

BTW: They already state a comment in phpmyadmin Wiki
(http://wiki.cihar.com/pma/Quick_Install#Download) to avoid gentoo package

Many thanks for this.  Your version (almost in its entirety) is in. 

(In reply to comment #6)
> Hi,
> 
> I have problems getting phpmyadmin without pma user running and phpmyadmin guys
> answered that this is because of a broken config.default.php of gentoo install.
> 
> For my understanding this file is also needed for the setup script to working
> correctly and *mustn't* be changed in anyway.
> 
> Correct way is to only take a copy of the file (or creating new one) as
> config.inc.php.
> 
> BTW: They already state a comment in phpmyadmin Wiki
> (http://wiki.cihar.com/pma/Quick_Install#Download) to avoid gentoo package
> 

We no longer patch the config file.

God damn jakub was such an asshat sometimes. Thanks Renat.