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author | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2010-08-27 10:01:58 +0200 |
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committer | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2010-08-27 10:01:58 +0200 |
commit | f398ad035b973608d380c9939ea845d8e2a0cdc2 (patch) | |
tree | 1ba1a0c94e375ab8ed609eaa57a542c6b87de5a8 /doc/bugs/bestlink_returns_deleted_pages.mdwn | |
parent | 958e5735c946263a111420fe47abe58782581e8c (diff) | |
parent | 6d213a0c739d5b34357b01a616f99197eeba6ad9 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.ikiwiki.info
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/bestlink_returns_deleted_pages.mdwn b/doc/bugs/bestlink_returns_deleted_pages.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..874f18ead --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/bestlink_returns_deleted_pages.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +To reproduce: + +1. Add the backlinkbug plugin below to ikiwiki. +2. Create a page named test.mdwn somewhere in the wiki. +3. Refresh ikiwiki in verbose mode. Pages whose bestlink is the test.mwdn page will be printed to the terminal. +4. Delete test.mdwn. +5. Refresh ikiwiki in verbose mode again. The same pages will be printed to the terminal again. +6. Refresh ikiwiki in verbose mode another time. Now no pages will be printed. + +bestlink() checks %links (and %pagecase) to confirm the existance of the page. +However, find_del_files() does not remove the deleted page from %links (and %pagecase). + +Since find_del_files removes the deleted page from %pagesources and %destsources, +won't it make sense for bestlink() to check %pagesources first? --[[harishcm]] + +> This same problem turned out to also be the root of half of ikiwiki's +> second-oldest bug, [[bestlink_change_update_issue]]. +> +> Fixing it is really a bit involved, see commit +> f1ddf4bd98821a597d8fa1532092f09d3d9b5483. The fix I committed fixes +> bestlink to not return deleted pages, but only *after* the needsbuild and +> scan hooks are called. So I was able to fix it for every case except the +> one you gave! Sorry for that. To fix it during beedsbuild and scan, +> a much more involved approach would be needed. AFAICS, no existing plugin +> in ikiwiki uses bestlink in needsbuild or scan though. +> +> If the other half of [[bestlink_change_update_issue]] is fixed, +> maybe by keeping a copy of the old backlinks info, then that fix could be +> applied here too. --[[Joey]] + +>> Cool that was fast! Well at least half the bug is solved :) For now I'll +>> probably try using a workaround if using bestlink within the needsbuild +>> or scan hooks. Maybe by testing if pagemtime equals zero. --[[harishcm]] + +>>> Yeah, and bestlink could also do that. However, it feels nasty to have +>>> it need to look at pagemtime. --[[Joey]] + +---- + + #!/usr/bin/perl + # Plugin to reproduce bestlink returning deleted pages. + # Run with ikiwiki in verbose mode. + + package IkiWiki::Plugin::bestlinkbug; + + use warnings; + use strict; + use IkiWiki 3.00; + + sub import { + hook(type => "getsetup", id => "bestlinkbug", call => \&getsetup); + hook(type => "needsbuild", id => "bestlinkbug", call => \&needsbuild); + } + + sub getsetup () { + return + plugin => { + safe => 1, + rebuild => 0, + }, + } + + sub needsbuild (@) { + my $needsbuild=shift; + + foreach my $page (keys %pagestate) { + my $testpage=bestlink($page, "test") || next; + + debug("$page"); + } + } + + 1 + + |