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authorJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-07-06 14:07:33 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-07-06 14:07:33 -0400
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@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ Thanks.
> It looks like it can't find git; what is $PATH set to when ikiwiki is run, and is git in one of those directories? --[[bma]]
>> Yeah, ikiwiki and git are both installed underneath macports, which is in the path and works just fine most of the time, and I use macports stuff a lot.
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+>>> The PATH is set at the top of the ikiwiki program; so the system's PATH
+>>> setting, or one in the environment will be ignored. (This is done for
+>>> security since ikiwiki can be run setuid.) If you need to use
+>>> a nonstandard path, you'll need to edit that. --[[Joey]]