Index: wp-includes/functions.php
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--- wp-includes/functions.php	(revision 7507)
+++ wp-includes/functions.php	(working copy)
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@
  * @param string $mod e.g. mod_rewrite
  * @return bool
  */
-function apache_mod_loaded($mod) {
+function apache_mod_loaded($mod, $default = false) {
 	global $is_apache;
 
 	if ( !$is_apache )
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@
 			if ( false !== strpos($phpinfo, $mod) )
 				return true;
 	}
-	return false;
+	return $default;
 }
 
 ?>
Index: wp-admin/includes/misc.php
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--- wp-admin/includes/misc.php	(revision 7507)
+++ wp-admin/includes/misc.php	(working copy)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 function got_mod_rewrite() {
-	return apache_mod_loaded('mod_rewrite');
+	return apache_mod_loaded('mod_rewrite', true);
 }
 
 // Returns an array of strings from a file (.htaccess ) from between BEGIN