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authorJoey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net>2010-03-28 18:49:15 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net>2010-03-28 18:49:15 -0400
commit911533655186f7c43ac229a4cdbc5be3e7f80d49 (patch)
treed81d84ea8a9efc0c3f6223399b329828d632e303
parent1de069338de86dd6e785d9771140b2b687100451 (diff)
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-rw-r--r--doc/bugs/wrapper_can__39__t_find_the_perl_modules.mdwn11
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index a4dc0d641..7efc59a51 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All other documentation is in the ikiwiki documentation wiki, which is also
available online at <http://ikiwiki.info/>
-A few special variables you can set while using the Makefile:
+A few special variables you can set while using the Makefile.PL:
PROFILE=1 turns on profiling for the build of the doc wiki.
(Uses Devel::NYTProf)
diff --git a/doc/bugs/wrapper_can__39__t_find_the_perl_modules.mdwn b/doc/bugs/wrapper_can__39__t_find_the_perl_modules.mdwn
index 61964539d..9804d86c5 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/wrapper_can__39__t_find_the_perl_modules.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/wrapper_can__39__t_find_the_perl_modules.mdwn
@@ -3,3 +3,14 @@ If i intsall perl modules in my custom directory, cgi wrapper can't find them. I
Workaround: add newenviron variable PERL5LIB
My additional question - what wrapper do? I'am russian hosting provider. I am interesting with ikiwiki.
+
+> The wrapper allows ikiwiki to run as the user who owns the wiki, which
+> is generally not the same as the user that runs the web server.
+> (It also handles some other things, like some locking.)
+>
+> As a suid program, the wrapper cannot safely let environment variables
+> pass through.
+>
+> If you want to install ikiwiki's perl modules in a nonstandard location,
+> you can set `INSTALL_BASE` when running `Makefile.PL`. ikiwiki will then
+> be built to look in that location. --[[Joey]] [[!tag done]]